Harry Been

[2] He was head of the joint Netherlands and Belgium bid to host the 2018 World Cup.

He was particularly known as director of a number of major football tournaments, Euro 2000 (together with Belgium[4]), the World Cup under 20 of 2005 and the European Championships under 21 of 2007.

He is a president commissioner of Sportstad Heerenveen, member of the UEFA's organizational committee of the European Championships for country teams.

Both for UEFA and FIFA, he is an official observer at international football matches and tournaments.

Harry Been is also known for his controversial decision to ask the continuation of the UEFA 2016 game between Serbia and Albania, after hooligan fans entered the pitch and physically attacked Albanian players.