As confirmed by Sport and L'Equipe, at the end of the group stage, UEFA decided to retain only 14 referees and 17 video match officials for the knock-out stage of Euro 2020. Among those who were sent home are the referees of the most recent Champions League final (Mateu Lahoz) and Europa League final (Turpin). The support officials will leave Euro 2020 after the Round of 16.
Referees sent home after group stage
1. Clement Turpin (FRA)
2. Orel Grinfeeld (ISR)
3. Artur Soares Dias (POR)
4. Istvan Kovacs (ROU)
5. Antonio Mateu Lahoz (ESP, photo)
Video Match Officials sent home after group stage
1. VAR François Letexier (FRA)
2. AVAR Jerôme Brisard (FRA)
3. AVAR Benjamin Pages (FRA)
4. VAR Joao Pinheiro (POR)
5. AVAR Jose Sanchez Martinez (ESP)
Referees retained after group stage
1. Fernando Rapallini (ARG)
2. Michael Oliver (ENG)
3. Anthony Taylor (ENG)
4. Felix Brych (GER)
5. Daniel Siebert (GER)
6. Daniele Orsato (ITA)
7. Bjorn Kuipers (NED)
8. Danny Makkelie (NED)
9. Ovidiu Haţegan (ROU)
10. Sergei Karasev (RUS)
11. Carlos Del Cerro Grande (ESP)
12. Slavko Vinčić (SVN)
13. Andreas Ekberg (SWE)
14. Cüneyt Çakir (TUR)
Video Match Officials retained after group stage
1. VAR Stuart Attwell (ENG)
2. VAR Christopher Kavanagh (ENG)
3. AVAR Lee Betts (ENG)
4. VAR Bastian Dankert (GER)
5. VAR Marco Fritz (GER)
6. AVAR Christian Dingert (GER)
7. AVAR Christian Gittelmann (GER)
8. VAR Massimiliano Irrati (ITA)
9. AVAR Marco Di Bello (ITA)
10. AVAR Paolo Valeri (ITA)
11. AVAR Filippo Meli (ITA)
12. VAR Pol Van Boekel (NED)
13. AVAR Kevin Blom (NED)
14. AVAR Pawel Gil (POL)
15. VAR Alejandro Hernandez Hernandez (ESP)
16. VAR Juan Martinez Munuera (ESP)
17. AVAR Inigo Prieto Lopez (ESP)
