Video Assistant Referee (VAR) will be used for the first time in a CAF competition at the Total African Nations Championship (CHAN) Morocco 2018.
The move has been green lighted by CAF’s Referees’ Committee at its meeting on Monday in Cairo, Egypt.
The VAR trial will commence from the quarter finals stage of next year’s tournament scheduled for 13 January to 4 February in the Moroccan cities of Casablanca, Marrakech, Tangiers and Agadir.
Member Associations have also been tasked to have a functional Refereeing Department. Also, the committee made up of former international referees, now experienced instructors, have been assigned specific geographical zones areas to ensure the implementation of the decisions taken by the Committee and the permanent monitoring of referees on the CAF lists.
The CAF Refereeing Department will soon be equipped with a video unit and also establish a performance rating system for referees.
