January 05, 2019
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Jordan's Adham Makhadmeh to officiate highly-anticipated opener
With the AFC Asian Cup UAE 2019 kick off just hours away, Jordanian referee Adham Makhadmeh has been appointed to officiate the opening match between hosts United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Bahrain at the Zayed Sports City Stadium in the capital, Abu Dhabi, which will kick-off at 8pm local time.
Together with assistants and compatriots, Ahmad Moannes Al Roalle and Mohammad Mustafa Al Kalaf, he will lead the AFC's largest-ever cast of 60 match officials of referees and assistant referees, including a trio from CONCACAF.
Makhadmeh has been a FIFA referee since 2013 and officiated in the first-leg of the 2017 AFC Champions League final between Saudi Arabia's Al Hilal and Japan's Urawa Red Diamonds.
He was also one of the Additional Assistant Referees for the deciding leg in last year's AFC Champions League final between Persepolis and Kashima Antlers in Tehran and the AFC U23 Championship final between eventual winners Uzbekistan and Vietnam in China earlier in 2018.
Making his continental debut in the 2014 AFC Cup, the Jordanian is widely-regarded as one of the rising stars of Asian refereeing, having graduated from the 2007 batch of the Project Future Referees programme, which has since been replaced by the AFC Referee Academy.
Makhadmeh's commendable performances have seen him manage several prominent international matches, which include China PR vs. Islamic Republic of Iran, Syria vs. Korea Republic and Iraq vs. UAE in the 2018 FIFA World Cup Asian Final Round Qualifiers.
About the AFC Asian Cup:
The AFC Asian Cup is the pinnacle international team tournament held by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) every four years to determine the champion of Asia. The competition is the second-oldest continental football championship (after the Copa America) and was first held in 1956. The AFC Asian Cup UAE 2019TM expands the number of participating nations from 16 to 24, making it the biggest tournament ever.
The 2019 tournament will be the second time the UAE has hosted the event, after successfully staging the finals in 1996. The Asian Cup UAE 2019 runs from 5 January to 1 February 2019, with 51 matches being played in eight world class stadiums located across four host cities - Al Ain, Abu Dhabi, Dubai and Sharjah.
Match schedules and tickets for purchase are available on www.the-AFC.com. For group ticket packages contact groups@asiancup19.ae.
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