Günter Benkö (born 12 July 1955 in
Oberwart
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,
Burgenland
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) is a retired
football (soccer)
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referee from
Austria
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, best known for supervising two matches during the
1998 FIFA World Cup in
France
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. He also led two matches at the
2000 UEFA European Football Championship
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The finals tournament was ...
held in
Belgium
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and the
Netherlands
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. Benkö was in charge of the final of the
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1998-99
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, on May 19, 1999 in
Villa Park
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,
Birmingham
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, between
S.S. Lazio and
RCD Mallorca.
External links
Günter Benköat WorldFootball.net
1955 births
Living people
People from Oberwart
Austrian football referees
UEFA Champions League referees
FIFA World Cup referees
1998 FIFA World Cup referees
UEFA Euro 2000 referees
Footballers from Burgenland
Austrian people of Hungarian descent
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