Sixteen referees and 24 assistant referees will feature in the competition; the only formality now is a fitness test to be held on July 2 in Kuala Lumpur.

The Confederation Africaine De Football (CAF) will be represented by one referee and two assistant referees.

"All the referees who have been selected have proved their refereeing skills in the past and under intense pressure," said AFC Director of Referees Yoshimi Ogawa.

AFC ASIAN CUP 2007 REFEREES


1.
BREEZE Matthew Christopher
Australia

2.
SHIELD Mark Alexander
Australia

3.
KARIM A. Jasim
Bahrain

4.
SUN Baojie
China PR

5.
MORADI Masoud
IR Iran

6.
NISHIMURA Yuichi
Japan

7.
LEE Gi Young
Korea Republic

8.
AL GHAMDI Khalil Ibrahim
Saudi Arabia


9.
AL FADHLI Saad Kameel
Kuwait

10.
NAJM Talaat
Lebanon

11.
ABDOU Abdulrahman
Qatar

12.
MAIDIN Shamsul
Singapore

13.
BASMA Muhsen
Syria

14.
TONGKHAN Satop
Thailand

15.
ALBADWAWI Ali Hamad Madhad Saif
UAE

16.
MAILLET Eddy
Seychelles (CAF)


ASSISTANT REFEREES

1.
ISLAM Md. Shahidul
Bangladesh

2.
LIU Tiejun
China PR

3.
POON Ming Fai
Hong Kong

4.
SILVA Benjamin
India

5.
SOKHANDAN Reza
IR Iran

6.
KADOM ARAB Mohammad
Iraq

7.
HASSOUNEH Awni
Jordan

8.
SAGARA Toru
Japan

9.
JEONG Hae Sang
Korea Republic

10.
AL GHAMDI Mohammed Hamad S
Saudi Arabia

11.
MARAD Yaser Ahmad
Kuwait

12.
TALEB Mostapha
Lebanon

13.
MAT DAUD Mohd Sabri
Malaysia

14.
SAEED Mohamed
Maldives

15.
U KYAW Win
Myanmar

16.
AL AMOURI Abdullah Salim Khalfan
Oman

17.
MOHD Ibrahim Ali
Qatar

18.
YEW MUN Tang
Singapore

19.
AL KADRIE Hamdi Al-Sheikh
Syria

20.
ALLABERDIYEV Begench
Turkmenistan

21.
AL MARZOUQI Saleh Mohamed Abdulla Hassan
UAE

22.
SERAZITDINOV Viktor
Uzbekistan

23.
NTAGUNGIRA Celestin
Rwanda (CAF)

24.
MENKOUANDE Evarist
Cameroon (CAF)