The 2006 World Cup qualifying match Greece – Ukraine, which will take place on June 8, 2005, will be officiated by referee René TEMMINK (Netherlands). He will be joined by his compatriots Adrian INIA, Jantinus MEINTS (assistant referees) and Pieter VINK (fourth official). The entire team is from the Netherlands. Recall that this match was previously entrusted to Englishman Graham POLL, but FIFA decided to change the refereeing team. According to the head of the FFU Referees Committee Viktor Derdo, FIFA made this decision without explanation.
The referee from the Netherlands officiated the match of the third round of the group stage of the 2004/2005 UEFA Champions League "Shakhtar" (Donetsk) - "Celtic" (Glasgow), in which the Ukrainians achieved a convincing victory - 3:0. It is interesting that Temmink has already led both national teams onto the field. Then, in a head-to-head match in Kyiv, Leonid Buryak's charges defeated the future champions of Europe in the qualifying tournament for Euro 2004 with a score of 2:0 (Vorobey, 51, Voronin, 90+).