VAR

What VAR cannot do / Threshold for intervention

9 Sep 2024
VAR intervention
What VAR cannot do

-Achieve decision-making perfection
-Stop the debates about subjective calls
-Check second yellow cards
-Check restarts
-Recommend a review without checking the attacking possession phase (APP)
-Provide access to the live referee/VAR audio

Threshold for intervention

-The ‘Referee’s Call’ will stand, unless, in the opinion of the VAR, based on the evidence readily available, that call is a ‘clear and 
obvious error’

-Good officiating starts on the pitch – the referee must make an on-field decision ‘Referee’s Call’

-Clear evidence required to meet higher threshold for subjective intervention, taking into account what football expects

-VAR checks the readily available footage and applies the ‘clear and obvious’ test – technology will provide evidence for factual decisions 

-The on-field Referee will make the final decision

Contents:

VAR 
VAR Improvement Plan
Decision-making process
Attacking Possession Phase
Semi-Automated Offside Technology

Participant Behaviour Charter 
Context for Change
Core Principles 
Regulatory

Updates for Season 2024/25
Effective Playing Time – Allowance for time lost
Effective Playing Time – Calculation of Additional Time 
Effective Playing Time – Delaying the restart
Effective Playing Time – Managing momentum
Handball – Interpretation 
Holding 
Blocking 
Denying a goal or an obvious goal scoring opportunity 
Penalty kicks 
IFAB Trial

Additional Guidance 
Decision-making principles
Offside – Delaying the flag
Offside – Deliberate play
Offside – Interference 
Handball – Definition of the hand/arm
Handball – Accidental handball before a goal is scored
Serious foul play 
Violent conduct 
High foot challenges
Challenges on Goalkeepers

Matchday Protocols 
Multiball protocol 
Substitutes warm up protocol
Concussion substitutions 
Pre-match warm up protocols
Post-match warm down protocols

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