IFAB: "Looking to improve VAR and make it more accessible to many countries" (G. Infantino, FIFA)

"We are always looking for ways we can improve VAR and make it more accessible to many countries. We are also testing VAR Light, a version with less cameras, less sophisticated, that has proven very successful. We tested it in the last FIFA Futsal World Cup (from 12/09 to 03/10/2021) for instance," said Gianni Infantino (ITA/SUI), president of FIFA, during the 136^th annual general assembly of the IFAB in Doha (QAT) on 13/06/2022.

In addition to making the five substitutions per match rule permanent (instead of three) and increasing the maximum number of substitutes on the bench from 12 to 15 players from 01/07/2022 (see below), the International Football Association Board also outlined the various trials underway, including those aimed at improving the quality of refereeing in particular.

Among the developments whose tests have proved conclusive and which could therefore be adopted in the near future in view of the next World Cup in Qatar, was that of the offside rule with the introduction of "semi-automated offside technology" (position of the players determined very quickly by the…