Qatar’s Al-Jassim to officiate AFC Champions League Final

Qatari referee Abdulrahman Ibrahim Y J Al-Jassim has been appointed to officiate the eagerly anticipated AFC Champions League Final 2020 between the Islamic Republic of Iran’s Persepolis and Korea Republic’s Ulsan Hyundai FC on December 19 at the Al Janoub Stadium.

Together with assistants and compatriots, Ramzan Saeed M A Al-Naemi and Saoud Ahmed S A Almaqaleh, the trio will be supported by Video Assistant Referee (VAR), Khamis Mohammed S A Al-Marri from Qatar, who will oversee the implementation of the VAR system in the final of an AFC Club Competition for the first time.

Al-Jassim has established himself as one of Asia’s finest match officials in recent years having been appointed to several high-profile matches and tournaments, which include the AFC Asian Cup UAE 2019, the FIFA Club World Cup Qatar 2019 Final between Liverpool and Flamengo, the AFC U23 Championship Qatar 2016 Final and the FIFA U-20 World Cup Korea Republic 2017.

As a beneficiary of the AFC Project Future program in 2009 – the predecessor of the ground-breaking AFC Referee Academy – the Qatari made his FIFA World Cup debut in Russia 2018 as the only Asian referee on the VAR match officials list following a similar stint at the FIFA Club World Cup 2017.

Al-Jassim and assistant referee Almaqaleh were also selected to officiate in the 2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup as part of the Memorandum of Understanding between the AFC and CONCACAF, where their impressive performances saw them take charge of the Gold Cup Semi-final between Mexico and Haiti.

Hettikankanamge Crishantha Dilan Perera from Sri Lanka and Mohd Yusri bin Muhamad from Malaysia have also been appointed as fourth and fifth officials respectively with Adham Mohammad Tumah Makhadmeh from Jordan and Malaysia’s Mohd Amirul Izwan bin Yaacob selected as VAR assistants.

Check out our QND 2020 guide for more information regarding the special occasion.

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