Tom Henning Øvrebø

Infobox Person
name = Tom Henning Øvrebø


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birth_date = birth date and age|1966|26|6
birth_place = Oslo, Norway
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height = height|m=1.87
weight = 89 kg
occupation = Football referee, psychologist
nationality = flagicon|NOR Norwegian

Tom Henning Øvrebø (born 26 June 1966 in Oslo, Norway) is a Norwegian football referee. He works as a psychologist outside of football. [ [http://www.euro2008.uefa.com/MultimediaFiles/Download/PressConference/Competitions/MediaServices/68/51/03/685103_DOWNLOAD.pdf Factsheet 2 - Korrektur ] ]

Øvrebø has refereed 205 matches in the Norwegian Premier League since his debut on September 20, 1992. In 1994 he became an authorised FIFA referee, and has refereed many matches in the UEFA Cup and UEFA Champions League. He won the Kniksen award as referee of the year in the Norwegian Premier League for 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005 and 2006.He refereed the cup finals in Norway in 1999 (Rosenborg - Brann) and 2006 (Fredrikstad - Sandefjord).

He was chosen to referee at Euro 2008 - his first major tournament and the first time he was chosen over fellow countryman and colleague Terje Hauge. He refereed the Germany - Poland match on the opening day of Group B. He refereed the Italy - Romania match which resulted in a 1-1 draw. The Italian Football Federation later demanded an apology from UEFA after Luca Toni’s goal was incorrectly ruled out for offside in the Italy - Romania match that Øvrebø refereed. [ [http://www.channel4.com/sport/football_italia/jun13o.html channel4.com - Football Italia ] ] There was also criticism of the official for a penalty shot given to Romania and a yellow card to Daniele De Rossi at the ending moments of the game. Afterwards, Øvrebø admitted he had made a mistake during the game. [ [http://www.tv2.no/sporten/article1987090.ece Norwegian referee: - I was wrong | TV 2 Sporten ] ] Øvrebø was not assigned any more matches to referee at Euro 2008. [ [http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/06/15/sports/SOC-Euro-2008-Notebook.php English ref works again, Norwegian idle - International Herald Tribune ] ]

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