The opening ceremony of the Asian Cup-2023 football (under the age of 23) will be held today and almost after it an opening match Uzbekistan — Turkmenistan. The tournament opens with a match in Tashkent at the “Pahtakor” Stadium.
As it became known to Turkmenportal, the match will be served by the international team of referees will serve the match: the chief referee is 33-year-old FIFA referee Hanna Hattab (Syria), assistants are Ali Ahmad (Syria), Owen Goldrick (Australia). The reserve referee is Jonathan Barreiro (Australia).
The referee’s starting whistle will sound on June 1 at 20:30 Ashgabat time. The match will be broadcasted by the Uzbek channel Futbol TV.
The youth national football team of Turkmenistan will play at the Asian Cup for the first time.