Alireza Faghani to officiate World Cup 3rd place play-off

Faghani has refereed important matches such as the 2014 AFC Champions League Final, the 2015 AFC Asian Cup Final, the 2015 FIFA Club World Cup Final , the 2016 Olympic football final match. He has refereed matches in the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup and the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.