page_title: 2019 AFC Asian Cup
section_title: Match officials
hierarchical_section_title: 2019 AFC Asian Cup / Match officials
caption_attribution_description: English: Qatar-United Arab Emirates 2019 AFC Asian Cup semi-final match
context_page_description: The 2019 AFC Asian Cup was the 17th edition of the AFC Asian Cup, the quadrennial international men's football championship of Asia organised by the Asian Football Confederation. It was held in the United Arab Emirates from 5 January to 1 February 2019.
  For the first time, the Asian Cup final tournament was contested by 24 teams, having been expanded from the 16-team format that was used from 2004 to 2015. Under this new format, the finalists would contest a group stage consisting of six groups of four teams, followed by a knockout stage of 16 teams. The host nation qualified for the final tournament automatically, while the remaining 23 places were determined among the other 45 national teams of the AFC through a qualifying competition running from 2015 to 2018, part of which also served as part of the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification process for the confederation.
  The tournament was won for the first time by Qatar, who defeated Japan 3–1 in the final. This was also Qatar's first ever top 4 finish in the competition. The defending champions, were eliminated by the hosts at the quarter-finals, who subsequently lost to the eventual champions in the semi-finals.
context_section_description: On 5 December 2018, the AFC announced the list of 30 referees, 30 assistant referees, two stand-by referees and two stand-by assistant referees, including one referee and two assistant referees from CONCACAF for the tournament. Video assistant referees (VAR) would be used from the quarter-finals onwards. In each match, the referee and his assistants were accompanied by two additional assistant referees stationed next to each team's goalpost.
  Referees
   Chris Beath
   Peter Green
   Nawaf Shukralla
   Fu Ming
   Ma Ning
   Liu Kwok Man
   Alireza Faghani
   Ali Sabah
   Mohanad Qasim Sarray
   Jumpei Iida
   Hiroyuki Kimura
   Ryuji Sato
   Ahmed Al-Ali
   Adham Makhadmeh
   Kim Dong-jin
   Ko Hyung-jin
   Mohd Amirul Izwan Yaacob
   César Arturo Ramos
   Ahmed Al-Kaf
   Abdulrahman Al-Jassim
   Khamis Al-Kuwari
   Khamis Al-Marri
   Turki Al-Khudhayr
   Muhammad Taqi
   Hettikamkanamge Perera
   Ammar Al-Jeneibi
   Mohammed Abdulla Hassan Mohamed
   Ravshan Irmatov
   Valentin Kovalenko
   Ilgiz Tantashev
  Assistant referees
   Matthew Cream
   Anton Shchetinin
   Mohamed Salman
   Yaser Tulefat
   Cao Yi
   Huo Weiming
   Mohammadreza Mansouri
   Reza Sokhandan
   Jun Mihara
   Hiroshi Yamauchi
   Mohammad Al-Kalaf
   Ahmad Al-Roalle
   Park Sang-jun
   Yoon Kwang-yeol
   Sergei Grishchenko
   Mohd Yusri Muhamad
   Mohamad Zainal Abidin
   Miguel Hernández
   Alberto Morín
   Abu Bakar Al-Amri
   Rashid Al-Ghaithi
   Saud Al-Maqaleh
   Taleb Al-Marri
   Mohammed Al-Abakry
   Ronnie Koh Min Kiat
   Palitha Hemathunga
   Mohamed Al-Hammadi
   Hasan Al-Mahri
   Abdukhamidullo Rasulov
   Jakhongir Saidov
  Video assistant referees
   Paolo Valeri
   Danny Makkelie
  Stand-by referees
   Nivon Robesh Gamini
   Hanna Hattab
  Stand-by assistant referees
   Ali Ubaydee
   Priyanga Palliya Guruge
caption: Referee César Arturo Ramos reviewing a play using Video assistant referee during a semi-final match between Qatar and UAE.
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