Video assistant referees will be
used in the Champions League and
Europa League this season, Uefa
has announced. The technology was scheduled to be
first used in the competitions from
next season. But Uefa says it will be brought in
from the last-16 round in the
Champions League and in the Europa
League final. VAR will also be used next year at the
Nations Leagues finals and in the
finals of the European Under-21
Championship. "We are ready to use VAR earlier than
initially planned and we are
convinced that it will be beneficial for
our competitions as it will provide
valuable help to match officials and
will allow us to reduce incorrect decisions," said Uefa president
Aleksander Ceferin. VAR was used at the 2018 World Cup and will be introduced in the Premier League for the 2019-20
campaign. The first of this season's Champions
League knockout matches will be
played on 12 February 2019, with the
Europa League final on 29 May. England will be taking part in the
Nations League finals in Portugal
during June, along with the hosts, the
Netherlands and Switzerland. VAR will then be used from the play-
off stage of the Champions League
next season as well as in the 2019
Super Cup. A statement from European football's
governing body added: "Uefa still
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."
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