Laws of the Game: IFAB expresses its satisfaction with VAR a year after its authorisation

"Partly as a result of its success in the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia, VAR is now an accepted part of football and has brought greater fairness to the game without any significant interruption with reviews on average taking just over a minute once every three games," stated IFAB after its 133^rd Annual General Meeting (AGM) in Aberdeen (Scotland) on 02/03/2019.

"Following the historic decision taken a year ago at the 132^nd IFAB AGM to approve the use of VARs, the FIFA president Gianni Infantino in unity with fellow members of IFAB expressed their satisfaction with the significant impact and success VAR has had," said the international board and guardian body of the Laws of the Game.

Members were informed of the extent of the current use of VAR worldwide and the IFAB and FIFA approval process that all competitions wishing to use video assistance must follow. It was agreed that FIFA, in collaboration with IFAB, will continue to lead and support the implementation of VAR worldwide, added IFAB on 02/03/2019.

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