Editing Urs Meier (section)

{{short description|Swiss football referee}}
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{{for|the Swiss footballer and manager|Urs Meier (footballer)}}
{{Infobox football official
| name = Urs Meier
| image = 2018-04-23 ZDF Urs Meier-6846.jpg
| caption = 
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1959|01|22|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Zürich]], [[Switzerland]]
| death_date = 
| death_place = 
| otheroccupation = 
| role1 = Referee
| years1 = 1989–2004
| league1 = [[Swiss Super League|Swiss Nationalliga A]]
| internationalyears1 = 1994–2004
| confederation1 = [[FIFA International Referees List|FIFA]]-listed
| internationalrole1 = Referee
}}
'''Urs Meier''' (born 22 January 1959) is a retired [[Swiss people|Swiss]] [[Referee (association football)|football referee]]. He officiated at the [[Football World Cup 1998|1998]] and [[Football World Cup 2002|2002 World Cups]], taking charge of the semi-final between [[South Korea national football team|South Korea]] and [[Germany national football team|Germany]] in 2002. He also refereed the [[2002 UEFA Champions League Final]] that year. He appeared at Euro 2000 and Euro 2004, refereeing the quarter-final between [[England national football team|England]] and [[Portugal national football team|Portugal]] in 2004. He retired 6 months later.

Meier received FIFA appointments and refereed in the Swiss top division until he reached the mandatory retirement age for each. He now appears as a pundit on the German television channel [[ZDF]] during World Cups and European Championships. He also owns a brand of household appliances in [[Würenlos]], Switzerland.{{citation needed|date=August 2014}}