Thirteen referees to take charge of Euro 2000
First Published: Feb 16, 2000UEFA have issued their choice of Europe's referees to take charge of the European Championships.
Euro 2000 kicks of on June 10th with the final taking place in Rotterdam on July 2nd.
The officials will be based as a group at a hotel outside Brussels during the competition and will each be taking charge of several matches. UEFA have reduced the number of referees from the 24 used in Euro 96 and have also appointed 16 assistants to run the line. There will be four fourth officials overseeing matches and compiling their own reports for UEFA.
The list in full -
Guenter Benko of Austria
Pierluigi Collina of Italy
Hugh Dallas of Scotland
Andreas Frisk of Sweden
Jose Maria Garcia Aranda of Spain
Dick Jol of Holland
Urs Meier of Switzerland
Vitor Manuel Melo Pereira of Portugal
Markus Merk of Germany
Kim Milton Nielsen of Denmark
Graham Poll of England
Gilles Veissiere of France
One referee and one assistant will be appointed by the CAF under an exchange scheme.
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