Sports fans await the start of the World Cup in Qatar (AFP/Getty)
via Asian Football Confederation He expressed his great happiness, on Friday, after the selection committee of the International Football Association (FIFA), on 19 referees and referees from the yellow continent in order to manage the confrontations. 2022 World Cup in Qatarwhich will be held for the first time in the history of the Arab region.
And the AFC statement, which was published on its official account on the social networking site “Twitter”, stated: “19 referees and referees were chosen to manage the matches in the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, to set a record with an increase of 3 referees over the last version in the World Cup Russia 2018, which enhances the position of our referees on global level”.
The statement continued, “The Japanese wisdom, Yoshimi Yamashita, entered the annals of history, after she became one of the first female referees selected to participate in the World Cup in Qatar.
He added, “Yamashita is considered one of the distinguished referees in the Asian continent, and was the first referee to officiate a match in the AFC Champions League and AFC Cup, and she also participated in managing matches in the Women’s World Cup and the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo.”
The list of referees from Asia in the tournament includes Qatari Abdul Rahman Al Jassim, who had participated as a video assistant referee in the World Cup Russia 2018, and Emirati Mohammed Abdullah, who had participated in managing the 2018 World Cup matches in Russia, and Iranian Ali Reza Faghani, Who is running his three participation in the World Cup.
They are joined by Australian Chris Beth, who officiated the 2021 FIFA Club World Cup Final and the men’s soccer final at the 2020 Olympic Games, which was held in the Japanese capital, Tokyo, and China’s Ma Ning, who will make their first World Cup appearances.
As for the list of assistant referees, it includes Talib Al-Marri and Saud Ahmed Al-Muqabala from Qatar, Muhammad Reza Abul-Fadl and Muhammad Reza Mansouri from Iran, Muhammad Al-Hammadi and Hassan Al-Mahri from the Emirates, Cao Yi and Shi Ziyang from China, and Ashley Beckham and Anton Shkeitinen from Australia.
The list announced by the FIFA arbitration committee also includes three video assistant referees from Asia: Abdullah Al-Marri from Qatar, Mohammed bin Jahari from Singapore, and Shawn Evans from Australia.
It is noteworthy that the list announced by the FIFA arbitration committee included 36 referees, 69 assistant referees and 24 video assistant referees in order to lead the confrontations in the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, and they were selected according to the capabilities of the referees and the levels they appeared in the tournaments. FIFA, the continental and local championships.
It is noteworthy that all the referees selected by the FIFA jury to lead the matches in the 2022 World Cup in Qatar will participate in several courses and workshops that will be held in Doha, Madrid and Asuncion, the capital of Paraguay.
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Largest cast of AFC match officials appointed to the #Qatar2022! https://t.co/gphsPwGhGh
— AFC (@theafcdotcom) May 20, 2022