DUSHANBE, 12.01.2017 /NIAT “Khovar”/. The brigade of referees that will serve the first leg of the AFC Cup-2017 preliminary round between the champion of Afghanistan “Shaheen Asmayee” and vice-champion of Tajikistan “Hosilot” became known.

According to the Football Federation of Tajikistan, the main referee of the match has been appointed a 40-year-old FIFA referee Dmitry Mashentsev from Kyrgyzstan. On the lines he will be assisted by FIFA referees — 41-year-old Lim Kok Heng of Singapore and 33-year-old Mohd Shahrin Bin Che Omar of Malaysia. Backup referee will be a 31-year-old FIFA referee Mohammed Javis of the Maldives. Wickramatunga Samararatne Muhandiram Nimal from Sri Lanka will inspect the referees. The match commissioner has been appointed Saeed al-Masri from Syria.

“The first leg of the AFC Cup-2017 preliminary round between “Shaheen Asmayee” and “Hosilot” will be held on January 31 at the Dushanbe Central Republican stadium and will start at 15:30 local time, as the second leg that will be served by the brigade of referees from Iran to take place in Dushanbe on February 7”, — it was said in the FFT message.