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It’s Going to Be VAR in ACL Matches

reporter 1222 — Tue, 29 Sep 2020 12:09:07 +0000

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Asian football history will be made Wednesday as the Video Assistant Referee (VAR) system marks its debut in the Asian Football Confederation’s (AFC) Club Competitions.

Asian refereeing set new benchmarks earlier this year when the AFC U-23 Championship Thailand 2020 became the first AFC competition to successfully implement VAR across all 32 matches.

Now Asia’s premier club tournament will become the third AFC competition to embrace the latest in technology from the Quarter-finals after it was first introduced from the same stage of the AFC Asian Cup UAE 2019.

On Wednesday, Saudi Arabian giants Al-Nassr and Al-Ahli Saudi FC battle in the AFC Champions League Quarter-finals at the Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium at 4:40pm in Doha, Qatar and then Iran’s Persepolis and Uzbekistan’s Paktakur will square off at 20:45.

The VAR system, which aims to provide minimum interference with maximum benefits, is limited to four game-changing decisions or incidents, specifically – goal or no goal, penalty-kicks, direct red cards and mistaken identity decisions.

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AFC Champions League Must Have VAR System

reporter 1222 — Mon, 24 Aug 2020 10:41:14 +0000

TEHRAN (Iran News) – The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) confirmed the implementation of the Video Assistant Referee (VAR) system from the Quarter-final stage of the 2020 AFC Champions League to ensure good refereeing.

It’s the first time that VAR will be introduced in the AFC’s Club Competitions.

Asian football history was made in 2019 when VAR made its debut from the Quarter-final stage of the AFC Asian Cup in the United Arab Emirates before the system was successfully implemented across all 32 matches at the AFC U23 Championship Thailand 2020 in January.

Having organized numerous VAR courses and seminars since March 2017, the AFC has a proven track record in the implementation of the VAR system which has been endorsed by both FIFA and the IFAB.

Additionally, to further strengthen the AFC’s capabilities in the VAR system application in the AFC Champions League, a virtual AFC VAR Information Officer (VIO) Workshop 2020 will be organized on August 26 to ensure VIOs are well informed on the latest VAR developments.

The VAR system, which aims to provide minimum interference with maximum benefit, is limited to four game-changing decisions or incidents, specifically – goal or no goal, penalty-kicks, direct red cards and mistaken identity decisions.

Four teams Esteghlal, Sepahan, Persepolis and Shahr Khodro represent Iran at the ACL group stage.

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Iran to equip stadiums with VAR system

reporter 1222 — Sun, 28 Oct 2018 12:15:58 +0000

The Football Federation of Islamic Republic of Iran (FFIRI) has announced that it is after installing VAR (Video Assistant Referee) in its stadiums.

This issue has been put on the agenda of the Referees Committee of FFIRI, said the chief of the committee Fereydun Esfahanian on Saturday, adding that a VAR system will be installed in Tehran-based Azadi Stadium as a pilot project.

The International Football Association Board (The IFAB) unanimously approved the use of VAR at its 132nd Annual General Meeting (AGM) that took place at FIFA’s headquarters in Zurich on March 3, 2018.

In the VAR system, a group of referees reviews decisions of the head referee using video footage and headset communication.

According to IFAB website, the philosophy of VARs is ‘minimum interference – maximum benefit’ which aims to reduce unfairness caused by ‘clear and obvious errors’ or ‘serious missed incidents’ in relation to four incidents of goal/no goal, penalty/no penalty, direct red card (not 2nd yellow card/caution), and mistaken identity (when the referee cautions or sends off the wrong player of the offending team).

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