Jenny Palmqvist appointed for the women's UEFA Champions League Final

Jenny Palmqvist (SWE)

The 42 year-old Jenny Palmqvist of Sweden will be in charge of this year's female UEFA Champions League Final between the German side of 1.FFC Frankfurt and the French Olympique Lyon that will be held in the venerable Olympiastadium in Munich on 17 May 2012.

UEFA has confirmed that the full team would be completed by Palmqvist's compatriots Helen Karo, Anna Nyström and Sara Persson.

Born in Korea Republic, the professional referee Jenny Palmqvist may exhibit a large extent of international experience after having participated in the 2008 edition of the Olympic Games, 2009 UEFA EURO Finland, 2007 FIFA World Cup China and 2011 FIFA World Cup Germany, where he went along with Bibiana Steinhaus as Fourth Official in the final match.