Bernd and Reiner Methe

Bernd Methe and Reiner Methe ( born June 1, 1964; † 11 November 2011 Empfingen ) was a German Handball Referee team.

Life

The twin brothers were part of the Hessian Handball Federation and were referee since 1987. Since 1988, they whistled together as a team. Since 1993, they belonged to the DHB squad and jointly managed 670 Bundesliga games. In 1995, she was appointed to the A-team. Since 1998 Methe / Methe were in the EHF / IHF Executive and conducted 206 international matches. Among other things, they were used at the 2007 World Handball Championship and also booed at the European Championships 2010, which took place January 31 to 19 in Austria. There they were recognized by the EHF for the management of the final against France, Croatia. For this game, the former World Handball Player and French world champion Nikola Karabatic said: "It was a difficult game, there were a lot of emotions. But the Methes have made it great. You could even after the game to talk to them and laugh. "

2009 chose the Manager and Managing Director of Toyota Handball Bundesliga, the twin brothers the best referees in 2008 /09. In the 2009/10 season they were able to defend that title.

In December 2009 they performed together as a referee at Schlag den Raab. They lived in the Hessian Vellmar and were both married.

Bernd and Reiner Methe crashed 11 November 2011 in a car accident fatal. They were on their way to Sparkassen- Arena in Balingen where they should lead the Bundesliga match HBW Balingen- Weilstetten against SC Magdeburg. They got on the highway 463 into oncoming traffic, collided with a truck and died at the scene. The prosecutor goes after an investigation of a mistake as a likely cause of the accident.