Alexis Ponnet
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Alexis Ponnet (born 9 March 1939 in Brussels) is a former Belgian football referee. Ponnet is best known for supervising two matches in the 1982 FIFA World Cup in Spain and one in the 1986 FIFA World Cup in Mexico. He also refereed the European Cup final in 1987 between Porto and Bayern Munich. He also refereed two UEFA European Football Championship in 1984 and 1988.
In February 1983, Ponnet was rendered unconscious and hospitalized overnight after Saudi Arabian player Jamal Farhan punched him in the head during the World Military Cup between Saudi Arabia and Kuwait. Ponnet had given him a red card minutes earlier. Farhan was subsequently banned from international games for life by FIFA.
- at the Wayback Machine (archived 18 May 2007) (in German)
External links
- at WorldReferee.com
- at Soccerway (archived)
- at EU-Football.info ()
| Preceded byEuropean Cup Final 1986 France Michel Vautrot | European Cup Referees Final 1987 Belgium Alexis Ponnet | Succeeded byEuropean Cup Final 1988 Italy Luigi Agnolin |