Former Italian referee Pierluigi Collina (right) presents a souvenir to Hani Balan, Chairman of the Qatar Referees Committee and Vice-Chairman of the FIFA Referees Committee yesterday. The five-day Referees Workshop began yesterday, with Chairman of the FIFA Referees Committee Collina supervising the programme.
A total of 48 officials, who are likely to officiate at the FIFA World Cup in Russia in June this year, are featuring along with scores of other local and international participants in the programme hosted by the Qatar Football Association. This will be the second of four FIFA workshops in Qatar this month following the FIFA Technical Experts’
Workshop, which concluded last Friday. Doha will also host the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup France (February 12-16) and FIFA Master FUTURO Workshop (February 19-23).