- Title: Video assistant referees possible in 2018 or 2019 - IFAB
- Date: 20th May 2016
- Summary: AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS (MAY 20, 2016) (REUTERS) (SOUNDBITE) (English) BRUD SAYING: "Once we start the experiment, we have separated the phase into two parts: the first part and the second part. The first part will be the initial education, the initial improvement of the protocols, the initial error elimination. And then in the second part, we really would like to focus on what we have already done and what we would like to, to, let's say to find out before we release video assistant referees to the rest of the world. I think that, to be honest, I think that the decision is expected not earlier than 2018, if not even 2019"
- Embargoed: 4th June 2016 15:54
- Keywords: Soccer IFAB video assistant referees Blud Busacca
- Location: AMSTERDAM AND ALMELO, NETHERLANDS
- City: AMSTERDAM AND ALMELO, NETHERLANDS
- Country: Netherlands
- Topics: Soccer,Sport
- Reuters ID: LVA0054IM3MTB
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- Story Text: The secretary of soccer's law-making organisation says video assistant referees would not be introduced before 2018 or even 2019.
Speaking on Friday (May 20) at the end of the first official workshop on experiments with video assistant referees, held in Netherlands, Lukas Brud, secretary of the International Football Association Board (IFAB), said 'live' experiments would probably begin next year, with potential implementation of the system in 2018 or 2019.
Leagues and associations interested in conducting the IFAB-approved experiments over the next two years saw the technology in action, with the Dutch Football Association (KNVB) demonstrating how their offline trials worked during an Eredivisie match between Heracles Almelo and FC Utrecht on Thursday evening.
FIFA Head of Refereeing Massimo Busacca stressed that the referee's position was paramount and only if they were unsure would they go to a video assistant referee. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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