CAF to introduce Video Assistant Referee [VAR] for the first time in the 2018 African Nations Championship
The technology assists the referees in decision making on the field of play minimizing potential decision errors during CAF competitions.

In a meeting on Monday, 27 November 2017 in Cairo, the CAF Referees’ Committee endorsed the use of VAR.

The African football body confirms the use of the Video Assistant Referee when the competition kicks off in Morocco 2018.

The CHAN competition which holds once in two years kicks off January 13 and ends February 4, 2018, across four Moroccan cities of Agadir, Marrakech, Casablanca, and Tangiers.

Invitation to the next year’s World Cup has been made, and officials with previous VAR training already shortlisted.

“Video Assistant Referee (VAR) will be used for the first time in an African competition at the Total African Nations Championship (CHAN) Morocco 2018,” the statement reads on CAF website.

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