According to the assignment of the organizers, referee Muhammad Nazmi Bin Nasaruddin (Malaysia) will officiate the semi-final match between Nam Dinh club and Ho Chi Minh City Police. Meanwhile, referee Wiwat Jumpaoon (Thailand) is assigned to officiate the match between Ninh Binh club and The Cong Viettel.
Referee Wiwat Jumpaoon became a FIFA referee in 2018 and is currently on the international referee list of FIFA as well as the Asian Football Confederation (AFC).
In recent years, he has regularly been assigned by AFC to perform tasks at major tournaments such as AFC Champions League Two, U23 Asian Cup qualifiers, Asian Cup qualifiers and many national team international matches.
With experience in operating in many regional and continental arenas, Wiwat Jumpaoon is considered one of the typical referees of Thai football today.
Meanwhile, Muhammad Nazmi Bin Nasaruddin is an experienced face of Malaysian football. He became a FIFA referee in 2016 and has officiated many matches in the AFC Champions League, AFC Cup and major AFC tournaments.
In 2023, Nazmi was trusted by the AFC to officiate the U20 Asian final match between U20 Uzbekistan and U20 Iraq. Also in this year, he and his assistants became the first Malaysian referee team to officiate an AFC Champions League match applying VAR technology. After that, this "black-clad king" continued to be selected by the AFC to perform his duties at the 2023 Asian Cup held in Qatar.
