(MENAFN- Gulf Times) Qatari referee Abdulrahman Ibrahim al-Jassim has been appointed to officiate the AFC Champions League final between Iran's Persepolis and South Korea's Ulsan Hyundai tomorrow at the Al Janoub Stadium. Together with assistants and compatriots, Ramzan Saeed al-Naemi and Saoud Ahmed Almaqaleh, the trio will be supported by Khamis Mohamed al-Marri from Qatar, who will oversee the implementation of the Video Assistant Referee (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 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.
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