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For the first time in a UEFA National Team competition, Video Assistant Referees (VAR) will be used at the upcoming UEFA Nations League finals in Portugal. The coaches of the four finalist teams received a briefing and share their views on the benefits of VAR. After successful technological testing and …

The FIFA Referees Committee has selected 15 video match officials, representing 11 different countries appointed for 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup in France. “Following the historic implementation of VAR at the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia last summer, we were determined to do our utmost to ensure that VAR …

Young players from the four teams taking part in the UEFA Youth League finals in Nyon have been given important insights into financial planning and the video assistant referee (VAR) system at an education session. The four teams competing at the UEFA Youth League finals in Nyon swapped the Stade …

The Video Assistant Referee (VAR) has taken root in football and its implementation is spreading throughout the world, with the AFC continuing to develop and train its elite referees with the latest AFC Video Assistant Referees Course that came to an end in the Malaysian capital on Saturday, April 20. …

UEFA is continuing its intensive training courses for video assistant referees (VAR). Another group of European match officials has undertaken three days of work in Nyon – with UEFA aiming to have more VARs ready for assignments by this summer. The course, the latest in a series that began last …

The Video Assistant Referee (VAR) will be introduced in Bundesliga 2 for the 2019-20 season. Officials of the Bundesliga 2 clubs reached this decision at a meeting in Frankfurt this Thursday. The DFL Deutsche Fußball Liga will therefore now instigate all necessary measures to ensure that – after statuary implementation …

When legendary Italian match official Pierluigi Collina speaks about refereeing, everyone has to listen. Collina was in capital of the United Arab Emirates during the AFC Asian Cup UAE 2019 group stage as part of the preparation for the introduction of the Video Assistant Referee (VAR) system from the competition’s …

With the Video Assistant Referee (VAR) system making its debut from the quarterfinals of the 2019 AFC Asian Cup – UAE, the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) yesterday held a media briefing outlining the rationale, principles and reviewable decisions of the VAR. The VAR system will be implemented in the final …

The UEFA Executive Committee has decided today in Dublin to use Video Assistant Referees (VAR) in the UEFA Champions League as from the Round of 16 in February 2019 following successful technological testing and the training of referees over the last few months. In addition, the committee decided to also …