The Scottish Professional Football League today confirmed that there will be a vote on Tuesday, April 19 on whether to introduce VAR to the cinch Premiership. The SPFL has this afternoon circulated a resolution to all 42 member clubs, who will be asked to vote on its introduction at the …
Read More »AFC VAR Course makes new breakthrough with real-time simulator experience!
The Asian Football Confederation (AFC)’s latest Video Assistant Referee (VAR) Course set a new milestone with the use of an online simulator to provide participants with case studies from competitions allowing real-time VAR processes to be reproduced. During the simulator sessions, which featured simple and complex situations from matches, the …
Read More »VAR makes debut as all-female match officials create history at 2022 AFC Women’s Asian Cup!
The Video Assistant Referee (VAR) made its successful debut in the Quarterfinals of the 2022 AFC Women’s Asian Cup – India across two venues – the D.Y. Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai and Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex in Pune – on Sunday. This is the first time in the tournament’s …
Read More »CONCACAF to use VAR in multiple competitions in 2022!
Following the successful implementation of VAR in the 2021 CONCACAF Nations League Finals, the 2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup, and the latter stages of the 2021 Scotiabank CONCACAF Champions League, the Confederation has confirmed that it will implement the technology in several of its men’s and women’s competitions throughout 2022. The …
Read More »VAR to make debut on Indian soil at 2022 AFC Women’s Asian Cup!
The VAR (Video Assistant Referee), a football’s video reference and decision review system, will be making its debut on India soil from the quarterfinals stage of the 2022 AFC Women’s Asian Cup. The Continental competition will be played at three venues in Mumbai, Navi Mumbai and Pune and will see …
Read More »VAR to be used in all 52 Africa Cup of Nations matches for the first time!
For the first time in the history of the TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations, all 52 matches of the competition will use Video Assistant Referee (VAR) in Cameroon starting this weekend. The competition will kick-off on Sunday, January 9, 2022 with hosts Cameroon playing Burkina Faso at 17h00 local time …
Read More »AFC tests VAR Light concept at the AFC Women’s Club Championship 2021 Pilot Tournament (West)!
The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) tested the lower-cost video assistant referee (VAR Light) concept at the AFC Women’s Club Championship 2021 Pilot Tournament (West) in Jordan from November 7 to 13. As part of its efforts to adopt more technological advances in the sport, the AFC examined the new concept, …
Read More »Semi-automated offside technology explained ahead of 2021 FIFA Arab Cup!
FIFA Chief Refereeing Officer Pierluigi Collina has described how the latest tests of semi-automated offside technology at 2021 FIFA Arab Cup are “the most important trial so far”, as the systems were explained in today’s episode of FIFA’s Living Football magazine show. One of the goals of the FIFA President’s …
Read More »CAF to use VAR during CAF Women’s Champions League semifinals & final!
CAF will use the Video Assistant Referee (VAR) in the semifinals and final of the inaugural TotalEnergies CAF Women’s Champions League in Cairo, Egypt. This is yet another milestone by CAF and a clear demonstration of the organization’s commitment not only to promote women’s football in Africa but to advance …
Read More »Women video match officials benefit from latest VMO course!
The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) reinforced its commitment to further develop women match officials by organising a Women’s Video Match Officials (VMO) course in the United Arab Emirates from October 23 to November 1, 2021. The 10-day course, which was also aimed at preparing the VMOs for the 2022 AFC …
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