AETF Tournament & Umpire Committee composed of Master Alexander Dunbar (Scotland) – Chairman, Grand Master James Tijn-A-Ton (The Netherlands) – Member and Mr Attila Solti (Hungary) – Member selected umpires for the upcoming 34th Senior and 25th Junior European Taekwon-Do Championships.
50 Umpires selected by the T&U Committee are representatives of 21 AETF member countries such as: (Currently, AETF brings together 37 National Taekwon-Do Associations, being the most numerous continental ITF Organization) Belgium (2), Bulgaria (2), Denmark (1), England (4), Finland (2), Germany (3), Hungary (1), Ireland (5), Italy (3), Latvia (1), Moldova (1), Netherlands (1), Norway (5), Poland (2), Romania (3), Russia (4), Scotland (1), Slovenia (2), Spain (4), Sweden (2), Ukraine (1).
All Umpires must be registered to the competition by the National Associations to which they belong. Registration should be made by ITF online database/ Sportdata tab.
Below please see list of the chosen Umpires:
| Surname and Name | Country | Degree | Umpire Class |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aalto Saija | Finland | VI. | Class A |
| Anthony Mckenna | England | VII. | Class A |
| Banea Ciprian Toma | Romania | V. | Class A |
| Barry Pat | Ireland | VII. | Class A |
| Barsemanto Alberto Maximiliano | Spain | V. | Class A |
| Betele Hallgeir | Norway | VII. | Class A |
| Bjørndalen Raimon | Norway | IV. | Class A |
| Bourne Stephen | England | V. | Class A |
| Brider Jeff | England | IV. | Class A |
| Cáceres Mañas Ana Maria | Spain | VI. | Class A |
| Cendron Andrea | Italy | VI. | Class A |
| Chesterman Ken | England | VII. | Class A |
| Creslovnik Jan | Slovenia | VI. | Class A |
| de Vries Rory | Netherlands | V. | Class A |
| Eggesbø Gunnar | Norway | V. | Class A |
| Fogarassy Tibor | Romania | IV. | Class A |
| Gombos Attila | Hungary | V. | Class A |
| Hassanipour Omid | Norway | VI. | Class A |
| Häyrynen Teppo | Finland | VI. | Class A |
| Heinrich Sven | Germany | VII. | Class A |
| Holmberg Anders S.M. | Sweden | V. | Class A |
| Ibric Tamara | Slovenia | IV. | Class A |
| Ignatov Vencislav | Bulgaria | V. | Class A |
| Kennedy Rachel | Ireland | IV. | Class A |
| Kharzheeva Elena | Russia | IV. | Class A |
| Kim Maxim | Russia | VII. | Class A |
| Kortegaard Brandt Thomas | Denmark | V. | Class A |
| Lewicki Roman | Poland | II. | Class B |
| Logozar Peter | Sweden | VII. | Class A |
| Łuniewski Karol | Poland | III. | Class B |
| Maragoni Luca | Italy | VII. | Class A |
| Martinez Benito | Belgium | IV. | Class A |
| McMullen Declan | Ireland | VI. | Class A |
| Melhus Rolstad Camilla | Norway | V. | Class A |
| Mikaelian Petros | Russia | V. | Class A |
| Minotti Stefano | Italy | VII. | Class A |
| O Rourke Patrick | Ireland | VII. | Class A |
| O'Mahoney Adrian | Ireland | VII. | Class A |
| Picallo Matías | Spain | VI. | Class A |
| Popa Cristian | Romania | IV. | Class A |
| Postu Ion | Moldova | VI. | Class A |
| Ramón Viudes José | Spain | VIII. | Class A |
| Saulite Sergejs | Latvia | IV. | Class A |
| Schwaiger Andreas | Germany | VI. | Class A |
| Sokolovska Viktoriia | Ukraine | IV. | Class A |
| Tasev Yavor | Bulgaria | IV. | Class A |
| Ten Alexander | Russia | IV. | Class A |
| Van Damme Eddy | Belgium | VI. | Class A |
| Wagner Adalbert | Germany | VIII. | Class A |
| Wallace Jacqui | Scotland | IV. | Class A |
We congratulate all selected referees and wish them good work, fair and wise decisions, and as few gam jums as possible.
AETF HQ