EGF Referees

EGF Referees, listed by the course they attended.
2023 Leipzig
17 referees
  • Damir Medak Croatia
  • Theo Barollet France
  • Loïc Lefebvre France
  • Alexander Wenzel Germany
  • Maksym Wałaszewski Poland
  • Mirta Medak Croatia
  • Ralf Wurzinger France
  • Stephen Nulty Ireland
  • Daniel Müller Germany
  • Timofey Kuzmin
  • Dorin Berbecariu Romania
  • Dennis Frieberg Germany
  • Norman Ulbrich Germany
  • Davide Bertok Italy
  • Leonard Ornaghi Italy
  • Ivan Andreoni Italy
  • Jörg Sonnenberger Germany
2018 Pisa
9 referees
  • Bastian Ebeling Germany
  • Juan Sampedro Spain
  • Pol Uros Spain
  • Lluis de Gibert Spain
  • Geoff Kaniuk UK
  • Andrea Mori Italy
  • Matt Marsh UK
  • Joerg Sonnenberger Germany
  • Jan Hric Czech Rebublic
2017 Oberhof
13 referees
  • Ales Cieply 1d Czechia
  • Kalli Balduin 5k Germany
  • Jana Hricova 2k Czechia
  • Michal Timko 2d Czechia
  • Jan Hric 5k Czechia
  • Yuliia Turovska 7k Ukraine (Chief Referee Assistant at 23rd EYGC 2018 in Kyiv)
  • Florian Borchers 3k Germany
  • Viktor Lin 6d Austria
  • Pierpaolo Giuseppe Meria 5k Italy
  • Alessandro Martinelli 1d Italy
  • Francois van Walleghem 4k Switzerland
  • Li Haohan 4d France
  • Theo Come 2d France
2016 St. Petersburg
10 referees
  • Sergey Pavlov (made pairing during EGC 2016)
  • Alexander Gulevich (made pairing during EGC 2016)
  • Vladimir Gorzhaltsan
  • Natalia Kovaleva
  • Maxim Podolyak
  • Alexey Lazarev
  • Guzel Sharafeeva (referee of children tournament EGC 2016)
  • Kornev Dmitry
  • Ustuzhina Maria (main helper of Sergey Pavlov and Alexander Gulevich during EGC)
  • Igor Tychko (referee bliz tournament and 9×9 during EGC)
2015 Liberec
26 referees
  • Teachers:
  • Zhao Baolong, 2p China – Chinese rules
  • Robert Jasiek, 5d Germany – AGA and Japanese rules
  • Ales Cieply, 1d Czechia – organizing and refereeing at tournaments (practical matters)
  • Participants:
  • Viorel Arsinoaia, 2d Romania
  • Viktor Bogdanov, 4d Russia
  • Cornel Burzo, 6d Romania
  • Dragan Dubakovic, 3d Serbia
  • Luis Dumont, 2d France
  • Arto Heikinnen, 2d Finland
  • Jana Hricova, 2k Czechia
  • Reino Karttunen, 2d Finland
  • Kerem Karaerkek, 2d Turkey
  • Matt Marsch, 7k UK
  • Miroslav Poliak, 1d Slovakia
  • Joerg Sonnenberger, 3k Germany
  • Sorin Adrian Sora, 4d Romania
  • Michal Timko, 1k Czechia
  • Joani Valikonen, 1d Finland
  • David Zacek, 10k Czechia
  • Michal Zubalik, 1k Czechia
  • Attended only part of the sessions:
  • Geoff Kaniuk, 2k UK
  • Natalia Kovaleva, 6d Russia
  • Lukas Podpera, 6d Czechia
2011 Bordeaux
28 referees
  • Volodymyr Kachanovskyi Ukraine (Chief Referee at 15th EWGC 2017 in Odesa)
  • Dmytro Iatsenko Ukraine
  • Volodymyr Korsak Ukraine (Chief Referee at 23rd EYGC 2018 in Kyiv)
  • Gabriel Aussibal France
  • Christopher Annachachibi Belgium
  • Fabien Lips France
  • Leonardo Alberto Dal Zovo Italy
  • Filippo Gorlero Italy
  • Roberto Foschi Italy
  • Alain Cano France
  • Marie Jemine Belgium
  • Basti Weidemyr Sweden
  • Alberto Zingoni Italy
  • Carlo Metta Italy
  • Paul Baratou France
  • Benjamin Gigot Belgium
  • Gambar Jafarov Azerbaijan
  • Ulviyya Jafarova Azerbaijan
  • Bahadur Tahirbayov Azerbaijan
  • Arnaud Boucherie France
  • Philippe Pelleter France
  • Mikael Nenonen Finland
  • Colin Carrere France
  • Malte Gerhold Germany
  • Karin Bokelmann Germany
  • Alessandro Pace Italy
  • Victor Bogdanov Russia
  • Ernestas Romeika Lithuania
2009 Groningen
16 referees
  • Rob van Aurich Netherlands
  • Donald Moorer Netherlands
  • Kris Boyen Belgium
  • Antti Nousiainen Finland
  • Markus Hietava Finland
  • Hannele Ahlroos Finland
  • Vivien Desveaux France
  • Vincent Clerc Frence
  • Krzysztof Bozek Poland
  • Cristophe Maliczak France
  • Ville Ainali Finland
  • Robby Goetschalckx Belgium
  • Reino Karttunen Finland
  • Roelof ten Napel Netherlands
  • Jan Willem Hofstede Netherlands
  • Araceli Checa Spain
2007 Villach
16 referees
  • Constatinos Constantinou Cyprus
  • Michal Parkola Poland
  • Suvi Leppänen Finland
  • Nicholas Roussos Cyprus
  • Gabrijel Ozvald Croatia
  • Vigor Grecgo Croatia
  • Dragan Dubanovic Serbia
  • Ivan Dubanovic Serbia
  • Dejan Krstic Serbia
  • Dragan Barisic Bosnia
  • Misa Alimpic Serbia
  • Mehmet Enim Barsbey Turkey
  • Dimitris Regginos Cyprus
  • Andreas Gypser Germany
  • Gambar Jafarov Azerbaijan
  • Mamedov Idabat Azerbaijan
2005 Prague
3 referees
  • Teemu Rovio Finland
  • Simon Gemel Austria
  • Others
2003 St Petersburg
4 referees
  • Olli Lounela Finland
  • Tuomo Salo Finland
  • Arkadi Bogatski Ukraine
  • Others
2002 Zagreb
5 referees
  • Zoran Jankovic Serbia
  • Leon Matoh Slovenia
  • Paul Conradi Germany
  • Jaap K. Blom Netherlands
  • Raffaella Giardino Italy
2001 Dublin
12 referees
  • Udo Hartman Germany
  • Gerhard Pichler Switzerland
  • Ivo Svec Slovakia
  • Peter Petkov Karailiev Slovakia
  • Roman Pszonka Poland
  • Krzysztof Podbiol Poland
  • Torben Pedersen Denmark
  • Pål Sannes Norway
  • Erik Ekholm Sweden
  • Gianni Dalla Giovanna Belgium
  • Arnaud Knippel France
  • Luc Vannier France
2001 Moscow
3 referees
  • Viktor Bogdanov Russia
  • Vladimir Gorzhaltsan Russia
  • Oleg Gavrilov Russia
2000 Amsterdam
12 referees
  • Vladimir Danek Czechia
  • Krzysztof Grabowski Poland
  • Geoff Kaniuk Britain
  • Fernando Fernandez Italy
  • Hans Mulder Rules and Rating Committee
  • Ales Cieply Rules and Rating Committee
  • Matti Siivola Rules and Rating Committee
  • Robert Jasiek Rules and Rating Committee
  • Niek van Diepen Rules and Rating Committee
  • Caspar Nijhuis Netherlands
  • William Wandel Netherlands
  • Martin Finke Netherlands
National Referees
Various EGF countries also have national referees, who, through experience or through training by their association or by an EGF referee, are suitable for use as referees in minor EGF events.
Ing Referees
The following persons have attended a referee course for Ing rules:
  • Frank Janssen
  • Guo Juan
  • Matthew Macfadyen
  • Matti Siivola