The UEFA Referees Committee has announced that Lina Lehtovaara will referee the 2022 UEFA Women’s Champions League final between FC Barcelona and Olympique Lyonnais, to be played at Juventus Stadium in Turin, Italy, on Saturday 21 May at 19:00 CET. An international referee since 2009, the 40-year-old Finn will take charge of her first UEFA Women’s Champions League final after having been appointed as fourth official for the 2010 final. This season, she has refereed three UEFA Women’s Champions League matches – two in the group stage, as well as the quarter-final first leg between Real Madrid and FC Barcelona. Lehtovaara was also recently selected as a referee for the upcoming UEFA Women’s Euro 2022, and was a member of the referees’ team at UEFA Women’s Euro 2017.
21 May 2022
FC Barcelona – Olympique Lyonnais
Referee: Lina Lehtovaara (FIN, photo)
Assistant Referee 1: Chrysoula Kourompylia (GRE)
Assistant Referee 2: Karolin Kaivoja (EST)
Fourth Official: Jana Adamkova (CZE)
Reserve AR: Lucie Ratajova (CZE)
VAR: Tiago Martins (POR)
AVAR 1: Joao Pinheiro (POR)
AVAR 2: Paolo Valeri (ITA)
Referee Observer: Carolina De Boeck (BEL)
