Video Assistant Referees

[Peter Grove]

Coming soon to a league near (some of) you.

THURSDAY 02 JUNE 2016
Competitions in Australia, Brazil, Germany, Portugal, the Netherlands and the United States are the first to agree to the requirements drawn up by The IFAB and FIFA to participate in experiments with video assistant referees (VARs).

Organisers of the following competitions can now begin preparations in earnest for initial “offline” experiments and eventual “live” experiments:

• Australia: Hyundai A-League
  
  
• Brazil: several competitions under the umbrella of the CBF
  
  
• Germany: Bundesliga (as a combined project between the DFB and DFL)
  
  
• Netherlands: several competitions under the umbrella of the KNVB
  
  
• Portugal: Taça CTT, Portuguese Cup and Super Cup
  
  
• US: Major League Soccer

Meanwhile, subject to the successful completion of initial tests, the FIFA Club World Cup Japan 2016 is also set to be used as a final test event before The IFAB allows participants to conduct live experiments early next year.

http://www.theifab.com/#!/news/first-participants-of-video-assistant-referee-experiments-announced

 

[Goldfish]

Hi PG
Somewhat disappointed that the Premier League is not participating. Given all the talk about this and the technology available that it was not one of the pioneers in this.