Referee Designations for World Cup Qualifiers (AFC zone, June 2013)

FIFA has unveiled the referee designations for June's AFC World Cup qualifier matches closing the fourth round. 

Among others, experienced 45 year-old Abdul Malik Bashir of Singapore has been assigned to take control over two crucial matches, assisted by Yew Mun Tang and 2010 World Cup reserve assistant referee Jeffrey Goh Gek Pheng.

Bahrain's Nawaf Shukralla, who has also been invited to control matches at 2013 Under-20 World Cup in Turkey, is going to oversee the top clash between Japan and Australia at World Cup 2002 venue Saitama today.

Never at a World Cup, but one of Asia's best: Abdul Bashir (c) exclusinga

Group A

04 June 2013, 18:15 CET, Doha

Qatar – Iran

Referee: Abdul Malik Bashir (SIN)

Assistant Referee 1: Yew Mun Tang (SIN)

Assistant Referee 2: Jeffrey Gek Pheng (SIN)

Fourth Official: Mohd Bin Yaacob (MAS)

Group A

04 June 2013, 19:30 CET, Beirut

Lebanon – Korea Republic

Referee: Benjamin Williams (AUS)

Assistant Referee 1: Matthew Cream (AUS)

Assistant Referee 2: Hakan Anaz (AUS)

Fourth Official: Chris Beath (AUS)

Group B

04 June 2013, 12:34 CET, Saitama

Japan – Australia

Referee: Nawaf Shukralla (BHR)

Assistant Referee 1: Yaser Tulefat (BHR)

Assistant Referee 2: Ebrahim Mubarak Saleh (BHR)

Fourth Official: Ali Abdulnabi (BHR)

Group B        

04 June 2013, 15:00 CET, Muscat

Oman – Iraq

Referee: Kim Dong Jin (KOR)

Assistant Referee 1: Jeong Hae Sang (KOR)

Assistant Referee 2: Yang Byoung Eun (KOR)

Fourth Official: Kim Jonghyeok (KOR)

Group A

11 June 2013, 13:00 CET, Seoul

Korea Republic – Uzbekistan

Referee: Minoru Tojo (JPN)

Assistant Referee 1: Hideo Nishio (JPN)

Assistant Referee 2: Shinji Ochi (JPN)

Fourth Official: Yudai Yamamoto (JPN)

Group A

11 June 2013, 18:30 CET, Teheran

Iran – Lebanon

Referee: Masaaki Iemoto Toma (JPN)

Assistant Referee 1: Haruhiro Otsuka (JPN)

Assistant Referee 2: Akane Yagi (JPN)

Fourth Official: Jumpei Iida (JPN)

Group B

11 June 2013, 10:00 CET, Melbourne

Australia – Jordan

Referee: Abdul Malik Bashir (SIN)

Assistant Referee 1: Yew Mun Tang (SIN)

Assistant Referee 2: Jeffrey Gek Pheng (SIN)

Fourth Official: Muhammad Jahari (SIN)

Group B        

11 June 2013, 16:30 CET, Doha

Iraq – Japan

Referee: Valentin Kovalenko (UZB)

Assistant Referee 1: Rafael Ilyasov (UZB)

Assistant Referee 2: Mamur Saidkasimov (UZB)

Fourth Official: Vladislav Tseytlin (UZB)

Group A

18 June 2013, 14:00 CET, Tashkent

Uzbekistan – Qatar

Referee: Peter Green (AUS)

Assistant Referee 1: Brad Hobson (AUS)

Assistant Referee 2: Mohd Sabri Mat Daud (MAS)

Fourth Official: Nagor Noor (MAS)

Group A

18 June 2013, 18:00 CET, Ulsan

Korea Republic – Iran

Referee: Tan Hai (CHN)

Assistant Referee 1: Mu Yuxin (CHN)

Assistant Referee 2: Huo Weiming (CHN)

Fourth Official: Ma Ning (CHN)

Group B

18 June 2013, 10:30 CET, Sydney

Australia – Iraq

Referee: Alireza Faghani (IRN)

Assistant Referee 1: Hassan Kamranifar (IRN)

Assistant Referee 2: Reza Sokhandan (IRN)

Fourth Official: Saeid Mozaffari Zadeh (IRN)

Group B        

11 June 2013, 18:00 CET, Amman

Jordan – Oman

Referee: Valentin Kovalenko (UZB)

Assistant Referee 1: Rafael Ilyasov (UZB)

Assistant Referee 2: Mamur Saidkasimov (UZB)

Fourth Official: Vladislav Tseytlin (UZB)