World Cup qualifiers Archives - Iran News Daily https://irannewsdaily.com/tag/world-cup-qualifiers/ Sat, 20 Feb 2021 08:36:44 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.4 https://irannewsdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/cropped-iranlogo-32x32.png World Cup qualifiers Archives - Iran News Daily https://irannewsdaily.com/tag/world-cup-qualifiers/ 32 32 Iran most deserved country to host World Cup qualifiers https://irannewsdaily.com/2021/02/iran-most-deserved-country-to-host-world-cup-qualifiers/ https://irannewsdaily.com/2021/02/iran-most-deserved-country-to-host-world-cup-qualifiers/#respond Sat, 20 Feb 2021 08:36:44 +0000 https://irannewsdaily.com/?p=124452 TEHRAN (Iran News) – The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) changed the fixtures of Group C due to the pandemic coronavirus outbreak and decided to hold the games in a centralized format. According to the previous schedule, Iran had to host Hong Kong in Tehran and travel to Phnom Penh to meet Cambodia in March. But […]

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]]> TEHRAN (Iran News) – The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) changed the fixtures of Group C due to the pandemic coronavirus outbreak and decided to hold the games in a centralized format. According to the previous schedule, Iran had to host Hong Kong in Tehran and travel to Phnom Penh to meet Cambodia in March. But now, the matches will be played every three days in June and in a single host country.

Amirmahdi Alavi, the spokesman of the Football Federation of the Islamic Republic of Iran (FFIRI), explained the federation’s actions in this regard in an exclusive interview with Tehran Times.

“The FFIRI expressed its concerns about losing our hosting right in the competitions in a letter to the AFC and asked the confederation to consider the situation and make the best decision. The AFC confirmed that the most important issue is the safety and health of all teams and their staff. This is what we also emphasize, however, we never want to be deprived of our hosting privileges in this important stage of the games,” Alavi said.

“Hong Kong and Cambodia were not able to host their matches due to the COVID-19 restrictions and protocols. Based on the previous schedule, Hong Kong had to travel to Iran on March 24 before hosting Iraq five days after. But it was impossible for them because based on the corona-related regulations in this country, both teams needed two weeks of quarantine to be allowed to enter Hong Kong country.

“Accordingly, Iran, Iraq, and Bahrain have announced their readiness to host the games. However, based on the situation of the other two countries, we believe that Iran is the most deserved country to host the matches. June is very hot in Bahrain and Iraq national team has played their previous matches in Jordan due to some problems in hosting the games. So, with considering all the factors, Iran will have the best conditions to host the games with the highest standards regarding the health and safety of the teams,” Alavai stated.

“Iran has verbally expressed its request to the AFC’s official and we will also submit our official written request in due time.” the FFIRI spokesman concluded.

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]]> https://irannewsdaily.com/2021/02/iran-most-deserved-country-to-host-world-cup-qualifiers/feed/ 0 World Cup qualifiers; Iranians referee the Malaysia-Indonesia https://irannewsdaily.com/2019/10/world-cup-qualifiers-iranians-referee-the-malaysia-indonesia/ https://irannewsdaily.com/2019/10/world-cup-qualifiers-iranians-referee-the-malaysia-indonesia/#respond Sat, 26 Oct 2019 11:01:39 +0000 https://irannewsdaily.com/?p=100994 TEHRAN (Iran News) – A group of Iranian referees led by Alireza Faghani will officiate the match between Malaysia and Indonesia in qualifiers for the 2022 World Cup and 2023 Asian AFC Cup. FIFA has announced that Alireza Faghani, Mohammadreza Mansouri, Mohammadreza Abolfazli and Mo’ud Bonyadifar will officiate the game, reported the Iranian football federation. […]

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TEHRAN (Iran News) – A group of Iranian referees led by Alireza Faghani will officiate the match between Malaysia and Indonesia in qualifiers for the 2022 World Cup and 2023 Asian AFC Cup.

FIFA has announced that Alireza Faghani, Mohammadreza Mansouri, Mohammadreza Abolfazli and Mo’ud Bonyadifar will officiate the game, reported the Iranian football federation.

The match will be held in the Group G of the preliminary round of World Cup qualifiers on November 19 at Kuala Lumpur’s Bukit Jalil National Stadium.

Currently, Thailand leads Group G with seven points while Vietnam and UAE rank next with seven and six points respectively. Malaysia sits fourth with three points and Indonesia has failed to gain any point from its past four games.

Faghani has recently migrated to Australia but continues to officiate in international events as an Iranian referee. He has also become a full-time contracted referee for the upcoming Hyundai A-League 2019/20 Season.

The 2016 AFC Referee of the Year made history in the Russia 2018 World Cup by officiating the third-place playoff between Belgium and England. He had earlier refereed games between German and Mexico, Serbia and Brazil and France and Argentina matches in the World Cup.

Born in 1978, Alireza Faghani has been on the international list of referees since 2008 and has officiated important matches like 2014 AFC Champions League Final, 2015 AFC Asian Cup Final, 2015 FIFA Club World Cup Final, 2016 Olympic Football Final and 2018 FIFA World Cup third-place play-off.

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