Qatari referee Abdulrahman Al-Jassim has been appointed to officiate the eagerly anticipated 2020 AFC Champions League Final between the Islamic Republic of Iran’s Persepolis and Korea Republic’s Ulsan Hyundai FC on Saturday at the Al Janoub Stadium. Together with assistants and compatriots, Ramzan Al-Naemi and Saoud Al-Maqaleh, the trio will be supported by Video Assistant Referee (VAR), Khamis 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 2017. As a beneficiary of the AFC Project Future programme 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 Al-Maqaleh 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. (Source: AFC)
19 December 2020
Persepolis – Ulsan FC
Referee: Abdulrahman Al-Jassim (QAT)
Assistant Referee 1: Ramzan Al-Naemi (QAT)
Assistant Referee 2: Saoud Al-Maqaleh (QAT)
Fourth Official: Hettikankanamge Perera (SRI)
Reserve AR: Mohd Muhamad (MAS)
VAR: Khamis Al-Marri (QAT)
AVAR 1: Adham Makhadmeh (JOR)
AVAR 2: Mohd Yaacob (MAS)