2019 AFC Asian Cup - Referee Appointments for Group Stage MD1

Adham Makhadmah from Jordan will kick off the tournament. Appointments will be added in due course.

5 January 2019, 17:00 CET - Abu Dhabi (Zayed Sports City Stadium)
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - BAHRAIN
Referee: Adham Muhammad Tumah Makhadmah (JOR)
Assistant Referee 1: Ahmad Muannas Nadi Al-Ruwaili (JOR)
Assistant Referee 2: Muhammad Mustafa Hasan Al-Kalaf (JOR)
Fourth Official: Muhammad Maki Al-Abakri (KSA)
Additional Assistant Referee 1: Turki Muhammad Al-Khudair (KSA)
Additional Assistant Referee 2: Ahmad Faisal Muhammad Al-Ali (JOR)

6 January 2018, 12:00 CET - Al-Ain (Hazza bin Zayed Stadium)
AUSTRALIA - JORDAN
Referee: Ahmad Abu Bakr Said Al-Kaf (OMA)
Assistant Referee 1: Abu Bakr Salim Mahad Al-Amri (OMA)
Assistant Referee 2: Rashid Hamad Ali Al-Ghaithi (OMA)
Fourth Official: Talib Salam Al-Marri (QAT)
Additional Assistant Referee 1: Abdulrahman Ibrahim Al-Jassim (QAT)
Additional Assistant Referee 2: Khamis Muhammad Al-Marri (QAT)

6 January 2018, 14:30 CET - Abu Dhabi (Al-Nahyan Stadium)
THAILAND - INDIA
Referee: Liu Kwok Man (HKG)
Assistant Referee 1: Huo Weiming (CHN)
Assistant Referee 2: Cao Yi (CHN)
Fourth Official: Ronnie Koh Min Kiat (SIN)
Additional Assistant Referee 1: Ma Ning (CHN)
Additional Assistant Referee 2: Fu Ming (CHN)

6 January 2018, 17:00 CET - Sharjah (Sharjah Stadium)
SYRIA - PALESTINE
Referee: Ravshan Ermatov (UZB)
Assistant Referee 1: Abduxamidullo Rasulov (UZB)
Assistant Referee 2: Jaxongir Saidov (UZB)
Fourth Official: Sergey Grishchenko (KGZ)

Additional Assistant Referee 1: Valentin Kovalenko (UZB)
Additional Assistant Referee 2: Ilgiz Tantashev (UZB)

7 January 2018, 12:00 CET - Al Ain (Khalifa bin Zayed Stadium)
CHINA PR - KYRGYZSTAN
Referee: Mohammed Abdulla Hassan Mohammad (UAE)
Assistant Referee 1: Mohamed Ahmed Yousef Abdulla Alhammad (UAE)
Assistant Referee 2: Hasan Mohamed Hasan Abdulla Suqatri Al Mahri (UAE)
Fourth Official: Ahmad Moannes Nadi Alroalle (JOR)

Additional Assistant Referee 1: Ali Sabah Adday Al-Qaysi (IRQ)
Additional Assistant Referee 2: Ammar Ali Abdulla Jumaa Aljneibi (UAE)

7 January 2018, 14:30 CET - Dubai (Al-Maktoum Stadium)
SOUTH KOREA - PHILIPPINES
Referee: Nawaf Abdullah Ghayyath Shukrallah (BHR)
Assistant Referee 1: Yasir Khalil Ibrahim Abdullah Tulaifat (BHR)
Assistant Referee 2: Muhammad Ja'afar Muhammad Salman (BHR)
Fourth Official: Muhammad Maki Al-Abakri (KSA)
Additional Assistant Referee 1: Turki Muhammad Al-Khudair (KSA)
Additional Assistant Referee 2: Muhannad Qasim Issa Sarai (IRQ)

7 January 2018, 17:00 CET - Abu Dhabi (Mohammed bin Zayed Stadium)

IRAN - YEMEN
Referee: Ryūji Satō (JPN)
Assistant Referee 1: Hiroshi Yamauchi (JPN)
Assistant Referee 2: Jun Mihara (JPN)
Fourth Official: Deniye Gedara Palitha Parakkrama Hemathunga (SRI)
Additional Assistant Referee 1: Jumpei Iida (JPN)
Additional Assistant Referee 2: Hiroyuki Kimura (JPN)

8 January 2018, 14:30 CET - Abu Dhabi (Zayed Sports City Stadium)

IRAQ - VIETNAM
Referee: Abdulrahman Al-Jassim (QAT)
Assistant Referee 1: Taleb Al-Marri (QAT)
Assistant Referee 2: Saud Al-Maqaleh (QAT)
Fourth Official: Abu Bakar Al-Amri (OMA)
Additional Assistant Referee 1: Khamis Al-Marri (QAT)
Additional Assistant Referee 2: Khamis Al-Kuwari (QAT)

8 January 2018, 17:00 CET - Dubai (Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum Stadium)

SAUDI ARABIA - NORTH KOREA
Referee: Peter Green (AUS)
Assistant Referee 1: Matthew Cream (AUS)
Assistant Referee 2: Anton Shchetinin (AUS)
Fourth Official: Sergei Grishchenko (KGZ)
Additional Assistant Referee 1: Valentin Kovalenko (UZB)
Additional Assistant Referee 2: Chris Beath (AUS)

9 January 2018, 12:00 CET - Abu Dhabi (Al-Nahyan Stadium)

JAPAN - TURKMENISTAN
Referee: Alireza Faghani (IRN)
Assistant Referee 1: Reza Sokhandan (IRN)
Assistant Referee 2: Mohammadreza Mansouri (IRN)
Fourth Official: Mohamad Mu Azi bin Zainal Abidin (MAS)
Additional Assistant Referee 1: Muhammad Taqi Aljaafari bin Jahari (SIN)
Additional Assistant Referee 2: Mohd Amirul Izwan bin Yaacob (MAS)

9 January 2018, 14:30 CET - Sharjah (Sharjah Stadium)

UZBEKISTAN - OMAN
Referee: Ko Hyung-jin (KOR)
Assistant Referee 1: Yoon Kwang-Yeol (KOR)
Assistant Referee 2: Park Sang-Jun (KOR)
Fourth Official: Mohd Yusri bin Mohamad (MAS)
Additional Assistant Referee 1: Kim Dong-Jin (KOR)
Additional Assistant Referee 2: Hettikamkanamge Chrishantha Dilan Perera (SRI)

9 January 2018, 17:00 CET - Al-Ain (Hazza bin Zayed Stadium)

QATAR - LEBANON
Referee: Ma Ning (CHN)
Assistant Referee 1: Huo Weiming (CHN)
Assistant Referee 2: Cao Yi (CHN)
Fourth Official: Ronnie Koh Min Kiat (SIN)
Additional Assistant Referee 1: Fu Ming (CHN)
Additional Assistant Referee 2: Liu Kwok Man (HKG)