2025 FIFA Arab Cup - Referee Assignments for Play-Offs

Please find below the referees assignmeents for the play-offs of 2025 FIFA Arab Cup, games to be played on 25 and 26 November 2025.

Tuesday 25 November 2025

14:00 CET - Al-Rayyan (Jassim bin Hamad Stadium)

MAURITANIA - KUWAIT

Referee: Mǎ Níng CHN

Assistant Referee 1: Zhōu Fēi CHN

Assistant Referee 2: Zhāng Chéng CHN

Fourth Official: Campbell-Kirk Kawana-Waugh NZL

Reserve Assistant Referee: Isaac Trevis NZL

Video Assistant Referee: Sivakorn Pu-udom THA

Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Fedayi San SUI

17:00 CET - Doha (Grand Hamad Stadium)

SYRIA - SOUTH SUDAN

Referee: Amin Muhammad Umar EGY

Assistant Referee 1: Mahmud Ahmad Kamil Ahmad Abu Al-Rijal EGY

Assistant Referee 2: Ahmed Tawfik Talib Ali EGY

Fourth Official: Ahmed Abu Bakr Said Al-Kaf OMA

Reserve Assistant Referee: Abu Bakr Salim Al-Amri OMA

Video Assistant Referee: Lahlou Benbraham ALG

Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Abdullah Dhafir Al-Shahri KSA

17:00 CET - Al-Rayyan (Thani bin Jassim Stadium)

PALESTINE - LIBYA

Referee: Mario Alberto Escobar Toca GUA

Assistant Referee 1: Luis Aroldo Ventura Chacón GUA

Assistant Referee 2: Humberto Noel Panjoj Chitay GUA

Fourth Official: Juan Gabriel Benítez Mareco PAR

Reserve Assistant Referee: Eduardo Cardozo Escobar PAR

Video Assistant Referee: Dennis Johan Higler NED

Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Antonio Joaquín García Noni URU

Wednesday 26 November 2025

14:00 CET - Doha (Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium)

OMAN - SOMALIA

Referee: Juan Gabriel Calderón Pérez CRC

Assistant Referee 1: Juan Carlos Mora Araya CRC

Assistant Referee 2: William Andrés Arrieta Barrantes CRC

Fourth Official: Adham Muhammad Tuma Makhadma JOR

Reserve Assistant Referee: Muhammad Mustafa Hassan Al-Kalaf JOR

Video Assistant Referee: Benjamín Pineda Ávila CRC

Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Fedayi San SUI

14:00 CET - Al-Rayyan (Jassim bin Hamad Stadium)

BAHRAIN - DJIBOUTI

Referee: Ismail Elfath USA

Assistant Referee 1: Corey Michael Parker USA

Assistant Referee 2: Kyle Thomas Atkins USA

Fourth Official: Pierre Ghislain Atcho GAB

Reserve Assistant Referee: Boris Marlaise Ditsoga GAB

Video Assistant Referee: Allen Chapman USA

Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Jarred Gavan Gillett AUS/ENG

17:00 CET - Al-Rayyan (Thani bin Jassim Stadium)

SUDAN - LEBANON

Referee: Abdulrahman Ibrahim Al-Jassim QAT

Assistant Referee 1: Talib Salam Al-Marri QAT

Assistant Referee 2: Saud Ahmad Al-Maqalah QAT

Fourth Official: Ahmad Abu Bakr Said Al-Kaf OMA

Reserve Assistant Referee: Rashid Hamad Ali Al-Ghaithi OMA

Video Assistant Referee: Khamis Muhammad Al-Marri QAT

Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Jumpei Iida JPN

17:00 CET - Doha (Grand Hamad Stadium)

COMOROS - YEMEN

Referee: Cristián Marcelo Garay Reyes CHI

Assistant Referee 1: Claudio Andrés Urrutia Córdova CHI

Assistant Referee 2: José Francisco Retamal Silva CHI

Fourth Official: Juan Gabriel Benítez Mareco PAR

Reserve Assistant Referee: Milciades Saldívar Franco PAR

Video Assistant Referee: Rodolpho Toski Marques BRA

Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Antonio Joaquín García Noni URU