The referee Mohammed Abdullah Hassan Mohamed from United Arab Emirates was born 43 years ago in Dubai, and he will be in charge of the match between Spain and Costa Rica. This match will take place on the first day of Group E at the Qatar 2022 World Cup.

The assistant referees Mohamed Alhammadi and Hasan Almahri will support the Arabian referee, while the Chinese Ning Ma will be the four official. In the VOR room there will be Abdulla Al-Marri from Qatar as VAR, Muhammad Bin Jahari from Singapure as AVAR, Bruno Pires from Brazil as offside assistant, and Tomasz Kwiatkowski from Poland as support referee.

Mohammed Abdullah Hassan Mohamed was born in Dubai on 2 December 1978, and he has been an international referee since 2010. In addition, he was the appointed referee for the second World Cup play-off match between Costa Rica and New Zealand last June, which the Ticos won 1-0.

In the first match of the XXII FIFA World Cup finals, Spain will play against Costa Rica on Wednesday 23 November at 17:00 (CET) at the Al Tumama stadium in Doha.