Uzbekistan's Ravshan Irmatov to officiate at the FIFA World Cup Russia 2018

The FIFA Referees Committee has selected 36 referees and 63 assistant referees, representing 46 different countries, for the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia™.

The world-class stature of AFC referees was further underlined on Thursday as Uzbekistan’ referee Ravshan Irmatov was selected to officiate at the FIFA World Cup Russia 2018.

He is getting a great chance to officiate in the most prestigious football tournament of the world for the third time in a row.

Five-time AFC Referee of the Year Ravshan Irmatov will become the third AFC referee to officiate in three consecutive FIFA World Cups, after Jamal Al Sharif (SYR) and Ali Bujsaim (UAE).