Since EURO 2004, if a referee was selected to officiate the final, his country would go to the final in the following EURO edition

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Pretty fun and interesting stat:

• In EURO 2004, referee Markus Merk from Germany officiated the final between Portugal and Greece. Germany then went to the final of EURO 2008.
• In EURO 2008, Italian referee Roberto Rosetti officiated the final between Spain and Germany. Italy then went to the final of EURO 2012.
• In EURO 2012, Portuguese referee Pedro Proença officiated the final between Spain and Italy. Portugal went to the final of EURO 2016.
• In EURO 2016, English referee Mark Clattenburg officiated the final between France and Portugal. England went to the final of EURO 2020.
• EURO 2020, the referee selected for the final was Björn Kuipers from Netherlands.