Qatar's Taleb Al Marri to officiate at FIFA World Cup
DOHA, March 30, 2018- Qatar's Taleb Al Marri will make his debut appearance at this summer's FIFA World Cup in Russia taking up his position as an assistant referee in the 32-team tournament.
World governing body FIFA today released the final list of referees and assistant referees who will be seen in action at the Jun 14-Jul 15, 2018 event.
Al Marri will join nine other assistant referees representing the Asian Football Confederation (AFC).
"I am proud to be the first referee to represent Qatar in a World Cup," Al Marri said yesterday.
Iran, Uzbekistan and Saudi Arabia each will have two representatives in the list of 10 assistant referees. Other AFC assistant referees are from the Bahrain, the UAE and Japan.
Al Marri featured as an assistant referee in the matches of the 2016 FIFA World Club Cup held in Osaka in December that year.
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