Björn Kuipers
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Björn Kuipers in 2013
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| Full name | Björn Kuipers | ||
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| Born | 28 March 1973 Oldenzaal, Netherlands |
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Björn Kuipers (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈbjɵrn ˈkœypərs]; born 28 March 1973) is a Dutch football referee. He is an enlisted FIFA referee since 2006. He refereed the 2011 UEFA Super Cup, the 2013 UEFA Europa League Final, the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup Final, and the 2014 UEFA Champions League Final.
Football referee
Kuipers is enlisted as a FIFA referee since 2006.[1]
Matches he refereed include finals in the 2006 UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship[2] and matches in the UEFA Cup, UEFA Europa League,[3] UEFA Champions League,[4] FIFA Confederations Cup and UEFA European Football Championship. Kuipers is on the A-list (the top table) for football referees from the KNVB.[5]
On 14 January 2009 the leader of the technical staff of the referees of the KNVB, Jaap Uilenberg confirmed that Kuipers was promoted to the highest class within European football. Kuipers is one of the only three Dutchmen who is active on the highest European level.[6]
At UEFA Euro 2012, Kuipers was notably in charge of the Group D match between France and co-hosts Ukraine. In that match, Kuipers took the rare step of suspending the match due to a torrential electrical storm.[7][8]
Kuipers was in charge of the 2011 UEFA Super Cup, the 2013 UEFA Europa League Final between Benfica and Chelsea,[9] and the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup Final between Brazil and Spain.[10]
On 7 May 2014, he was appointed to referee the 2014 UEFA Champions League Final between Real Madrid and Atlético Madrid.[11]
During the 2014 FIFA World Cup, he refereed the Group D game between England and Italy, the Group E game between Switzerland and France and the Round of 16 clash that saw Colombia eliminate Uruguay. He also appeared on the cover of the 2014-2015 FIFA Laws of the Game publication.
References
- ↑ Bjorn Kuipers - Football Referee
- ↑ WorldReferee.com - referee - Bjorn Kuipers - bio
- ↑ WorldReferee.com - Bjorn Kuipers matches
- ↑ Chelsea - Meet tonight's ref: Björn Kuipers
- ↑ Netherlands - B. Kuipers - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway
- ↑ "Scheidsrechter Kuipers promoveert naar hoogste klasse" op 14 januaari 2009 op sportweek.nl
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External links
Media related to Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. at Wikimedia Commons
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| Preceded by | UEFA Europa League Final referee 2013 |
Succeeded by Felix Brych |
| Preceded by | FIFA Confederations Cup Final referee 2013 |
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| Preceded by | UEFA Champions League Final referee 2014 |
Succeeded by Cüneyt Çakır |
