Robert Kampka (born 21 February 1982) is a German

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referee who is based in Mainz. He referees for TSV Schornbach of the

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Refereeing career

Kampka has officiated for the

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since 2003, and refereed in the

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starting in 2004. In 2008, he was promoted to the

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, and in 2010 he moved up to the

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. In the summer of 2016, Kampka was one of four referees promoted to officiate in the Bundesliga. On 15 April 2005, Kampka was the referee of a

match between Jahn Regensburg and

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. Due to the 2005 football betting scandal, an early warning system was set in place to detect possible tampering. The system, created by

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, was designed to detect unusual betting odds for matches. Betradar then informed the DFB. This was the first instance that the new system had triggered after nearly a year in place.

Personal life

Kampka lives in Mainz, where he is a military doctor by profession.

References

External links

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