IFAB: three “specific extensions” to VAR proposed ahead of annual general meeting on 28/02/2026

• Allowing video match officials, where there is clear factual evidence, to review red cards resulting from factually incorrect second yellow cards.
• Allowing video match officials to intervene in cases where the wrong team is penalised for an offence resulting in a red or yellow card.
• Allowing competitions the option for video match officials to review instances of a clearly wrongly awarded corner kick, provided this can be done immediately and without delaying the restart.

These are the three “specific extensions” to VAR that would not slow the flow of play proposed by IFAB at its annual business meeting, held in London and chaired by Noel Mooney, chief executive of the Football Association of Wales (FAW), on 20/01/2026.

The annual business meeting sets the agenda for IFAB’s annual general meeting, the decision-making body that will meet in Hensol (Wales) on Saturday, 28/02/2026.

With regard to the VAR protocol, IFAB recommends that video assistance should, aside from the three specific extensions outlined above, remain restricted to the four match-changing factual situations…