High participation marks successful completion of the AFC Elite Referees Seminar 2022

Fri, 08 Jul, 2022

High participation marks successful completion of the AFC Elite Referees Seminar 2022

Kuala Lumpur: The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) successfully conducted the AFC Elite Referees Seminar 2022 over four days from July 5 to July 8.

The first two days of the online seminar were attended by male match officials whereas the participants on the third and fourth days were exclusively women officials.

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AFC Referee Academy graduates receive first competition call-up

Sat, 04 Jun, 2022

AFC Referee Academy graduates receive first competition call-up

Tashkent: Alex King of Australia is the among the first AFC Referee Academy graduates to be appointed in an Asian Football Confederation (AFC) top-level competition, underlining the AFC’s Vision and Mission through the Academy to ensure Asia’s match officials continue to grace the biggest stages in world football.

The 30-year-old King recently graduated from the AFC Referee Academy and took charge of his first match of the AFC U23 Asian Cup™ Uzbekistan 2022 Group A clash between debutants Turkmenistan and the Islamic Republic of Iran at the Bunyodkor Stadium on Saturday.
 
King, who completed the 4-year programme before graduating in 2022, was delighted with his debut appointment. 

“The AFC Referee Academy is a great platform for potential referees to improve and become better match officials. I’m proud to be part of the AFC Referee Academy and to earn my first call up as a referee.”

AFC women match officials selected for FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup Costa Rica 2022

Sat, 04 Jun, 2022

AFC women match officials selected for FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup Costa Rica 2022

Kuala Lumpur: The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) will be well represented by its world-class women match officials at the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup Costa Rica 2022 from August 10 to 28.

In total, eight match officials – two referees, four assistant referees and two video match officials – from five AFC Member Associations have been appointed to the global showpiece. 

Match officials set for educational journey in the AFC Referee Academy

Wed, 23 Mar, 2022

Match officials set for educational journey in the AFC Referee Academy

Kuala Lumpur: The AFC Referee Academy on Monday welcomed its largest-ever intake of 50 match officials from 28 Member Associations (MAs) who will undergo a three-year educational programme that is specifically and carefully designed to produce more world-class referees in Asia.

Batch 4 of the AFC Referee Academy will comprise of 41 men and nine women referees who will be tutored by former match officials as well as key speakers and mentored by AFC Referee educators on a wide range of topics related to refereeing including technical and physical sessions. 

Pioneering women’s officials hope historic achievement will be the first of many for female AFC referees

Tue, 26 Apr, 2022

Pioneering women’s officials hope historic achievement will be the first of many for female AFC referees

Pathum Thani: Having made history as the first female referee to take charge of an AFC Champions League™ match, Japan’s Yoshimi Yamashita sees a future where such achievements are a regular occurrence throughout Asian and world football.

Thursday’s Group G match between Melbourne City FC and Jeonnam Dragons took on extra significance with Yamashita, along with Assistant Referees Makoto Bozono and Naomi Teshirogi, becoming the first all-female trio of match officials to oversee the highest level of Asian men’s club football, having made similar history in an AFC Cup™ fixture in 2019.