Fellow Australian match official Anton Shchetinin will be the Reserve Assistant Referee for the same match which will be played at the Bezerrao Stadium in Brasilia.

Football Federation Australia Chairman and Chair of the FFA Referees committee, Chris Nikou, commended the Australian match officials on their historic achievement.

Korea Republic's defeat ends Asia's interest in the tournament as they were the only side from the Continent to have advanced to the quarter-finals.

Australia and Japan were shown the exit in the Round of 16 while Tajikistan's tournament ended after the group stage.

The Korean No 9 struck the match's lone goal in the 33rd minute, cleaning up a rebound after Angola goalkeeper Geovani saved Jeong Sang-bin's initial attempt.

Korea Republic will face either Japan or Mexico in the quarter-finals on Sunday.

France came into the tie as Group C winners and on the back of an unbeaten run, while Australia had progressed as the second-best third-placed team after finishing behind Nigeria and Ecuador in Group B.

The 2001 champions will face Spain in the last-eight on Monday.

Japan entered the contest with an unbeaten record having beaten the Netherlands 3-0 and drawn 0-0 with the USA, before sealing a 1-0 win over Senegal to finish as Group D winners. Mexico, meanwhile, finished third in Group F and qualified as the best third-placed team.

Mexico will play Korea Republic in the quarter-finals on Sunday.

Tajikistan put up a brave fight but Argentina proved too strong as the South Americans finished runners-up behind Spain on goal difference to advance to a Round of 16 meeting with Group F winners Paraguay.

Tajikistan, the AFC U-16 Championship Malaysia 2018 runners-up, ended their campaign with one win and two defeats.

Twelve Asian officials have been appointed for the tournament, with the contingent led by referees Khamis Al Marri from Qatar, Australia's Chris Beath and China PR's Ma Ning.