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Japanese ref. to officiate Iran-Hong Kong match in World Cup qualifiers

reporter 1222 — Sun, 08 Sep 2019 09:51:15 +0000

Yamamoto will be assisted by his countrymen in this game.

Yamamoto has been a full international for FIFA since 2011. He has refereed several matches in AFC Champions League.

Iran national football team will play against Hong Kong on Tuesday (September 10) to start their journey to the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.

Marc Wilmots’s side will face the East Asian country in Group C of the Asian Qualifiers for the 2022 World Cup and the 2023 AFC Asian Cup.

The eight group winners and four best runners-up will advance to the AFC Asian Cup China 2023 Finals and the final round of qualifying for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022.

The next best 24 teams from the second round of the joint qualifiers will compete in a separate competition for the remaining 12 slots in the 24-team AFC Asian Cup China 2023.

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Marc Wilmots to be named Team Melli’s manager

reporter 1222 — Mon, 13 May 2019 09:01:13 +0000

According to a report by RTBF, negotiations between the Belgian manager and the Iranian federation is going to be completed in a few hours.

Marc Wilmots would ask for $1,500,000 a year, as well as two Belgian assistants. For its part, the Iranian Federation would like Wilmots to accept an Iranian deputy in his staff which would probably be Javad Nekounam, former international and captain of Team Melli, and former player of Osasuna in Spanish Liga.

Wilmots has been unemployed since November 2017 and Ivory Coast’s non-qualification for the Russian World Cup.

Carlos Queiroz stepped down as Team Melli coach after the 3-0 defeat against Japan in the semifinal of AFC Asian Cup on January 28. He left Tehran for Lisbon three days later after Iran’s Football Federation didn’t offer any proposal for extending his contract. He then signed with Colombian football federation to coach the South American team.

Bert van Marwijk, Vincenzo Montella, Julen Lopetegui, Hervé Renard and Dick Advocaat were among other coaches who had been linked with the Iran job.

The Iranian federation has not officially confirmed the deal but according to reports, it is doing preparations to reveal Wilmots in a special ceremony.

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Australian referee to officiate Iran vs. Japan in AFC semi-final

reporter 1222 — Sun, 27 Jan 2019 08:58:31 +0000

Australian referee Christopher James Beath has been chosen to officiate Iran’s AFC Asian Cup semi-final match against Japan on Monday.

Beath was added to the FIFA International Referees List in 2011, serving as a referee for matches including the Kirin Challenge Cup contest between Japan and Iceland.

In 2017, Beath was appointed as one of the inaugural Video assistant referee (VAR) in the Hyundai A-League, the first top-tier football league in the world to implement the technology.

The 34-year-old was also among the referees officiating in the 2018 AFC U-23 Championship held in China.

The national Iranian football team took on China on Thursday in the quarterfinals of the 2019 AFC Asian Cup and trounced its east Asian rival with three goals. The Iranian cheetahs will play four-time winners Japan in the semifinals, which beat Vietnam 1-0 in the quarterfinal match.

The 2019 AFC Asian Cup kicked off in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on January 5 and will wrap up on February 1, 2019.

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