Van Ravens refereed two European Cup Finals, the
1969 European Cup Winners' Cup Final between
Slovan Bratislava and
FC Barcelona in
Basel, and the second leg of the
1972 UEFA Cup Final between
Wolverhampton Wanderers and
Tottenham Hotspur. He was also in charge of the
1967 and
1971 KNVB Cup finals and both finalists of the 1971 final requested van Ravens to also lead the replay after he was in charge of the first match which ended 2–2. At the 1970 World Cup, van Ravens officiated
the first round match between West Germany and Morocco as well as
the quarter-final match between the Soviet Union and Uruguay. He started the second half of the former match not realizing that the
Moroccan goalkeeper had not yet entered the pitch, and in the latter he allowed
Uruguay's winning goal to stand, when some people thought the ball had gone out of play seconds earlier. ==Personal life==