Korean referee Ko Hyung Jin officiated the quarterfinal match between U23 Vietnam and U23 Iraq

According to AFC’s schedule, the quarter-final match between U23 Vietnam and U23 Iraq at the 2024 U23 Asian finals will take place at 0:30 a.m. on April 27.

Mr. Ko Hyung Jin is the main referee of the match, collaborating with him are assistants Bang Gi Yeol (Korea) and Alrefaei Hesham Mohammed (Saudi Arabia). And Mr. Ahmed Eisa Mohamed Darwish (UAE) will control the VAR room.

This is the second time in a row that the Korean referee has held the whistle in the match of the U23 Vietnam team at the 2024 Asian U23 Championship. Previously, in the match, U23 Vietnam lost to U23 Uzbekistan 0-3 in the final series of Group D matches. , Korean referee Kim Woo Sung is the whistleblower.

It is known that referee Ko Hyung Jin (41 years old) is also an “acquaintance” with Vietnamese fans. Previously, he officiated a match in the Vietnam National Championship (V-League) and officiated the match between the Vietnamese team and the Thai team at My Dinh in the first leg of the AFF Cup 2022 final. Mr. Ko Hyung Jin also held the whistle in Vietnam’s 0-4 loss to Australia in the 2022 World Cup qualifiers.

Mr. Ko Hyung Jin has been recognized as a FIFA referee since 2009. During his career, he has refereed many matches in World Cup qualifiers, AFC Champions League, and Korean Championship.

According to Transfermarkt statistics, up to this point referee Ko Hyung Jin has been on duty in a total of 389 matches, giving out 1,302 yellow cards, 32 red cards and blowing 86 penalty situations.