Hannu Tapio Yli-Karro (born 11 October 1953, Rauma) is a

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former football referee. He was a

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international

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from 1990 to 1998.Tapio Yli-Karro officiated matches 1990–1998
(in Finnish). Retrieved 15 June 2013. Yli-Karro officiated 23 international matches, 16 matches at the

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and several youth internationals. He was appointed as an assistant referee to the

1994 FIFA World Cup The 1994 FIFA World Cup was the 15th FIFA World Cup, the world championship for men's national soccer teams. It was hosted by the United States and took place from June 17 to July 17, 1994, at nine venues across the country. The United States ...

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and

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. Yli-Karro and

Arne Eriksson Aarne (Arne) Eriksson (15 January 1916 – 1 August 1983) was a Finnish football referee. He was born in Jakobstad. He was a FIFA international referee from 1955 to 1958. Eriksson is known for supervising one match in the 1958 World Cup and as ...

are the only Finnish referees at

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finals so far. He lives in Western Finnish town Rauma and is working as a

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on a high school at

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municipality.

Matches in the 1994 World Cup

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Yli-Karro, Tapio 1953 births Finnish football referees 1994 FIFA World Cup referees People from Rauma, Finland Living people Sportspeople from Satakunta