Marcel Eckardt

Marcel Eckardt (born 27 October 1989 in Gera, Thuringia) is a German snooker and pool referee.

Career Eckardt is from Töppeln, close to Gera in Germany. From 2015, he refereed at the World Snooker Championships in Sheffield, taking charge of his first semi-final of the event in 2019, and his first final in 2020, at the age of 30, becoming the youngest referee ever to do so, while also being the first German. At the start of 2023, he oversaw the final of the Masters.

Eckardt has been in charge of nine tournament matches that have contained maximum breaks, most notably Ronnie O'Sullivan's record 15th maximum at the 2018 English Open.

List of ranking finals As of July 2024, Eckardt has refereed 13 ranking finals: 2015 German Masters 2015 Welsh Open 2016 Indian Open 2016 European Masters 2017 Northern Ireland Open 2018 UK Championship 2019 Scottish Open 2020 World Snooker Championship 2020 Championship League (ranking) 2020 Northern Ireland Open 2022 German Masters 2023 Scottish Open 2024 Championship League (ranking) 2024 English Open 2025 Tour Championship 2026 Players Championship