The referee issued a red card during the U23 Vietnam vs U23 South Korea match.

The AFC has announced the refereeing team for the third-place match of the 2026 AFC U23 Asian Championship between Vietnam U23 and South Korea U23.

Accordingly, Kuwaiti referee Abdullah Al Jamali will officiate the third-place match of the 2026 AFC U23 Asian Championship between Vietnam U23 and South Korea U23. Assisting referee Abdullah Al Jamali will be two assistant referees: Ali Jraq (Kuwait) and Nasser Salim Abdullah Ambusaidi (Oman). The fourth official will be Alexander George King (Australia), who officiated the semi-final match where Vietnam U23 lost to China U23 0-3.

The VAR referee is Mohammed Obaid Khadim Mohammed (UAE), while the Thai referee, Sivakorn Pu-Udom, serves as the assistant referee.

Referee Abdullah Al Jamali is considered to be "fair-minded".

Referee Abdullah Al Jamali, born in 1992, has been a FIFA referee since 2019. This referee is frequently trusted by the AFC to officiate in major continental tournaments.

The most noteworthy aspect of this referee is that, to date, he has only issued one red card in 80 matches as a referee, in addition to 80 yellow cards. This means the Kuwaiti referee only issues 0.012 red cards per match and 1 yellow card per match. These statistics suggest he is not a particularly strict referee on the field.

The third-place match between Vietnam U23 and South Korea U23 will take place at 10 PM on January 23rd.

Watch the entire 2026 AFC U23 Asian Championship Finals on TV360 at https://tv360.vn

Source: https://vietnamnet.vn/trong-tai-rut-1-the-do-bat-tran-u23-viet-nam-vs-u23-han-quoc-2484004.html