Johannes "Jan" Nicolaus Ignacius Keizer (born 6 October 1940 in

Volendam Volendam () is a fishing town in the municipality of Edam-Volendam, province of North Holland, Netherlands. As of 1 January 2021, it has a population of 22,715. It is twinned with Coventry, England. History Originally, Volendam was the location o ...

, North Holland) is a retired

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referee. He is known for having refereed two matches in the 1986 FIFA World Cup in

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. He also refereed one match in the

1984 UEFA European Football Championship The 1984 UEFA European Football Championship final tournament was held in France from 12 to 27 June 1984. It was the seventh UEFA European Championship, a competition held every four years and endorsed by UEFA. At the time, only eight countries ...

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. Keizer is known to have been a FIFA referee during the period from 1974 to 1987. He officiated the final at the 1984 Olympic tournament between

and

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, and served as a referee in the

1983 FIFA World Youth Championship The 1983 FIFA World Youth Championship was the fourth edition FIFA World Youth Championship tournament, hosted from 2 June to 19 June 1983 in seven venues in Mexico — Guadalajara, Irapuato, León, Mexico City, Monterrey, Puebla and Toluca — w ...

UEFA Euro 1980 qualifying The qualifying round for UEFA Euro 1980 consisted of 31 teams divided into seven groups; three of five teams and four of four teams. The qualifying round (drawn in Rome on 30 November 1977) was played at various times between May 1978 and Februa ...

UEFA Euro 1984 qualifying The qualifying round for the 1984 European Football Championship consisted of 32 teams divided into seven groups; three of four teams and four of five teams. The qualifying round was played at various times between May 1982 and December 1983, wit ...

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,UEFA
"Italy 3-0 Portugal"
December 5, 1987. Retrieved on May 23, 2013.

1978 FIFA World Cup qualification A total of 107 teams entered the 1978 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds, which began with the preliminary qualification draw on 20 November 1975 at Guatemala City. Argentina, as the hosts, and West Germany, as the defending champions, qualified ...

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, and 1986 World Cup qualification.FIFA
"Match Report - German DR - Bulgaria 2:1 (2:1)"
November 16, 1985. Retrieved on May 23, 2013.

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