Germany: VAR to be implemented in the 2.Bundesliga (second division) from 2019-20

The video assistant referee (VAR) will be applied to the 2.Bundesliga from the 2019-20 season, after a decision made by officials of the German second division clubs who met in Frankfurt (GER) on 21/03/2019.

"DFL will therefore now instigate all necessary measures to ensure that - after statuary implementation by the DFL members' meeting in May 2019 - video assist technology is in place when the 2.Bundesliga season starts on 26/07/2019," said the German League.

"2.Bundesliga stadiums will be connected to the Video Assist Centre (VAC) in Cologne via a fibre-optic link so that the VAC receives instant access to the high-resolution image material from the stadiums," continued the DFL.

"A conceptual and offline test phase for the video assistant is already under way in the 2.Bundesliga in the current 2018-19 season. In this context, a further 70 video assistants from the pool of the 2.Bundesliga referees and Bundesliga assistants have already been trained for Bundesliga and 2.Bundesliga matches by the DFB," added the German League.

"The continued cooperation with Hawk-Eye Innovations…