Kyrgyzstani Kemel Tokabaev has been appointed as the commissioner for the AFC Champions League final match, which will take place on November 1 in the city of Riyadh (Saudi Arabia) or in Al Ain (UAE).
According to the FLC website, the Asian Football Confederation has announced the list of officials for the final match of the continent's main club competition. The final match, which will be held on November 1 in the city of Riyadh (Saudi Arabia) or in Al Ain (United Arab Emirates), will be officiated by a Japanese referee team led by the experienced referee Yuichi Nishimura. The mentor for the referee team has been chosen as Abdulrahman Al Delawar from Bahrain.
It is pleasing to note that the commissioner for this match is Kyrgyzstani Kemel Tokabaev, who is the director of the Football League of Kyrgyzstan and the only AFC commissioner from our country in Asia. Undoubtedly, the appointment of a domestic commissioner for such a high-level match is an honor for Kyrgyzstan.
- I am grateful to the AFC for the trust placed in me, and I hope that the final match will bring a lot of positive emotions to all fans of Asian football, - commented K. Tokabaev on his appointment to the FLC website.
K. Tokabaev's record:
AFC match commissioner since 2008, FIFA since 2011. He has officiated a total of 156 international matches of various levels under the auspices of FIFA and AFC.
Among them:
- AFC Asian Cup Qatar-2011 – Final stage
- World Cup qualifying round Brazil-2014
- Olympic qualifying round London-2012
- AFC Champions League semifinals in 2011 and 2012
- AFC Cup and AFC President's Cup matches
- AFC Futsal Championship – Final stage (Thailand-2008, Uzbekistan-2010, and UAE-2012)
- AFC Challenge Cup India-2008 – Final stage
Youth Asian Championships under 16 in 2008 and 2010 and others
Source: sport.kg
