The Asian Football Confederation formed their standing committees for the 2015 to 2019 cycle.
It was represented by Saoud al-Mohannadi, Vice President of AFC and QFA, he will now become the Chairman of AFC Competitions Committee and Chairman of AFC Asian Cup UAE 2019 Organizing Committee.
Whilst Hani Ballan, a member of QFA board, CEO of Qatar Stars League (QSL) and Chairman of QFA Referees Department became the Deputy Chairman of the AFC Refereeing Committee.
Also a number of QFA and QSL officials were chosen as members in other AFC committees, such Mansour al-Ansari, QFA General Secretary & CEO, Ahmed al-Harami, CEO of QSLM Competitions & Football Development, Tareq al-Neama and Fahad Thani.
This is the first time a Qatari citizen will assume the position of Chairman of AFC Competitions Committee as well as the Deputy Chairman of AFC Refereeing Committee.
Saoud al-Mohannadi was elected Vice President of the AFC during the elections conducted last April in Bahrain.
Ballan was member of the AFC Refereeing Committee during the 2011/15 cycle, he possesses vast amounts of experience in both refereeing and managerial work, in addition to the fact that he is a former international referee and currently AFC & FIFA referee assessor and instructor.
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Al-Mohannadi appointed Chairman of AFC Competitions and Hani Ballan to become Deputy Chairman of AFC Refereeing Committee
