Uefa plans to subsequently extend the use of var at the final tournament of uefa euro 2020 in the 2020 21 uefa europa league group stage onwards and in the 2021 uefa nations league finals. Uefa still plans to subsequently extend the use of var to the uefa euro 2020 final tournament the 2020 21 uefa europa league group stage onwards and the 2021 uefa nations league finals. Var will also be used in the 2019 super cup and at euro 2020 as well as in the europa.
Video assistant referees will be used in the champions league from the 2019 20 season uefa has announced. Var will also be brought into the europa league though a year later from 2020 21 as well as the 2019 uefa super cup euro 2020 and the uefa nations league finals in 2021. Background and timeline on 3 march 2018 the.
The video assistant referee system var was introduced into uefa competitions in 2019 following extensive testing and training of referees. The video assistant referee system was designed to reduce the. Uefa president aleksander ceferin has admitted var is a mess but said there is no going back from the use of video technology.
The coronavirus pandemic has forced uefa to suspend matches indefinitely with most parts. Var could be scrapped from champions league and europa league matches when football returns reports claim. Uefa will introduce thicker lines for offside decisions reviewed in the champions league and europa league by video assistant referees vars in a bid to encourage more goals from next season.
Following this week s uefa champions league matches uefa wishes to provide additional information and elements that were taken into consideration by the var and referees in reaching various. Uefa has met the clubs taking part in the uefa champions league round of 16 to explain the video assistant referee var system to be used in the competition s knockout phase this spring.
