Category: Tournament news 2022

30 years after taking part for the first time, they want to start with two teams in June: the colleagues from the “Scheidsrechtersvereniging Noord Oost Twente” from the Netherlands. Welcome back!

(September 25th, 2020)

…we got him: after long negotiations we can announce that the prominent coach Juergen Buettner (Berlin) and his staff will also be responsible for the referee team of SV Eintracht Lueneburg in 2021. The picture shows the two organizers Mario Warias (right) and Oliver Vogt (left) signing the V.I.P. coach in a Berlin luxury hotel. Clear announcement: winning the tournament!

(September 18th, 2020)

Finally live and no more video conference: on August 22nd, 2020 the organization team of the Referee Cup met in the club’s pub of SV Eintracht to take a look to the current situation. Conclusion: everything is being prepared so that the tournament could take place on the scheduled date – we will be ready. Let’s hope the best!
At the end of the day, the SV Eintracht referees were informed about the status of the planning at a barbecue evening – after all, they are the hosts …!

(August 24th, 2020)

After long and tough negotiations (“Do you have some Euro for us?”), “Bernie’s Burger Bude” from Lueneburg referee colleague Michael Bernstorf supports the Referee Cup. In the 90s, Michael himself was active as a referee at the tournament.
SV Eintracht thanks for the sponsorship and reveals that you can get his fantastic burgers at EDEKA Mues, Am Alten Landhaus in Deutsch Evern – every Friday from 12:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.!

(June 10th, 2020)

The planning for the 2021 Referee Cup cannot be stopped by a pandemic either: the current situation was discussed at a video conference. The appointment June 26th/27th, 2021 is initially set.
If all of the amateur football in the region has to play by the end of June 2021 or even longer, then the organizers will rethink the tournament date – also depending on commitments from distant regions and related hotel and flight bookings that have been received by then. Information on this will always be up-to-date on this homepage.

(April 20th, 2020)

Thanks to Corona, you also have time to look at old player lists from past referee cups. In 1991, the Noord-Oost Twente Referee Association from the Netherlands brought an 18-year-old young referee with him, who later became one of the best referees in the world: Björn Kuipers from Oldenzaal reached the final with his team and was defeated by the Referee Association from the Soviet Union with then current FIFA and 1st division referees in a really high class final with 1:4.
In 1993 the multiple World Cup, Euro, CL, EL referee was again a guest in Lüneburg with the team from the Dutch border region.

(April 18th, 2020)