Four asian referee couples got the IHF Badge during GRTP
Seoul, 4 December 2022
Four referee couples from Asia have earned the IHF Badge during the IHF Global Referee Training Programme (GRTP) Course, which ran alongside the 19th Asian Women’s Handball Championship in the Republic of Korea from 24th November to 4th December 2022.
A total of 12 referee couples from Bahrain, P. R. China, I. R. Iran, Japan, Kuwait, Oman, the Republic of Korea, and Uzbekistan participated in the course.
The course was led by Chairperson of the IHF Playing Rules and Referees Commission (PRC) Per Morten Sødal (Norway) and AHF PRC Chairman Saleh Bin Ashour (United Arab Emirates).
The following four referee pairs have successfully passed the course and were awarded the IHF Badge during the closing ceremony of the course:
I.R. Iran – Ahmad Gheisarian / Amir Gheisarian
Kuwait – Maali Nawaf Al-Enezi / Dalal Al-Naseem
Oman – Khamis Al-Wahibi / Omer Al-Shahi
Uzbekistan – Khasan Ismoilov / Khusan Ismoilov
On behalf of the Asian Handball Federation, Acting President Yoshihide Watanabe (Japan), AHF Secretary General Muhammad Shafiq (Pakistan), AHF Treasurer Bader Mohammed Al-Theyab (Kuwait), AHF Executive Director Dr. Ahmad Abu Al-Lail (Kuwait), and AHF Technical Director Jasem Mohammed Al-Theyab (Kuwait) congratulated all the successful referee couples and wished them a bright future in the upcoming international competitions.
