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Yahoo
27-03-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Spain wants a more affordable VAR in its women's liga and coaches' challenges
Barcelona's Irene Paredes, second right, scores her side's second goal during the Women's Champions League, quarter-final first leg, soccer match between VfL Wolfsburg and FC Barcelona in Wolfsburg, Germany, Wednesday, March 19, 2025. (Swen Pfoertner/dpa via AP) Barcelona's players celebrate their side's third goal during the Women's Champions League, quarter-final first leg, soccer match between VfL Wolfsburg and FC Barcelona in Wolfsburg, Germany, Wednesday, March 19, 2025. (Swen Pfoertner/dpa via AP) Barcelona's players celebrate their side's third goal during the Women's Champions League, quarter-final first leg, soccer match between VfL Wolfsburg and FC Barcelona in Wolfsburg, Germany, Wednesday, March 19, 2025. (Swen Pfoertner/dpa via AP) Barcelona's Irene Paredes, second right, scores her side's second goal during the Women's Champions League, quarter-final first leg, soccer match between VfL Wolfsburg and FC Barcelona in Wolfsburg, Germany, Wednesday, March 19, 2025. (Swen Pfoertner/dpa via AP) Barcelona's players celebrate their side's third goal during the Women's Champions League, quarter-final first leg, soccer match between VfL Wolfsburg and FC Barcelona in Wolfsburg, Germany, Wednesday, March 19, 2025. (Swen Pfoertner/dpa via AP) MADRID (AP) — The Spanish soccer federation will ask FIFA for permission to introduce a more cost-effective video review system in the women's liga next season. The federation wants to give coaches the ability to challenge on-field decisions similar to those used in sports leagues in the United States. Thursday's announcement of the intention to use FIFA's so-called Football Video Support (FVS) system came after a Barcelona goal was incorrectly disallowed for offside in the women's clasico against Real Madrid on Sunday. Madrid earned its first ever win over the Catalan rival in the women's game. Advertisement The federation said having the new system would be a step toward implementing full VAR in the women's game. VAR is fully operational in the men's liga but not in the women's. FIFA, which trialed the new system in a youth competition last year, said on its website that FVS was designed to be portable and more affordable than traditional VAR that requires greater infrastructure, including more cameras at stadiums and constant monitoring by VAR match officials. FIFA said it started looking into an alternative system after it 'received requests from a number of member associations to find a more affordable system to support referees in their decision-making.' It said FVS was aimed at 'meeting the needs" of associations that can't implement VAR "because their human and financial resources are limited and very few cameras are in use in their competitions.' Even matches with only one camera, whether human-operated or automated, can have FVS in place, according to FIFA. Advertisement Coaches can challenge a call 'by twirling their finger in the air and giving a review request card to the fourth official,' FIFA said. Coaches are expected to have two challenges, and if the review results in the original decision being changed, the team doesn't lose the challenge. Major sports leagues in the United States, including the NFL and the NBA, offer coaches challenges. After goals are scored, FIFA said the fourth official will check the footage on the monitor and inform the referee if there was any clear and obvious irregularity. A fully finalized version of the system that Spain could potentially use has not been presented yet, though FIFA has said that FVS must include 'minimal stadium connectivity or fixed installation, with the possibility of being installed pitch-side and/or within the TV compound.' Advertisement The instant-replay functionality should provide images 'from at least one camera angle to assist officiating decisions effectively,' and the setup 'must be lightweight and transportable by a single person for ease of deployment in a range of different stadium environments.' FIFA acknowledged that because FVS involves a small number of cameras, 'the replay footage will often be inconclusive and thus the original decision may not be changed.' If the technology malfunctions, the match must be played or continue without FVS, FIFA said. ___ AP soccer:
New York Times
27-03-2025
- Sport
- New York Times
Spain's Liga F to be first league to introduce ‘cost-effective' alternative to VAR
Spain's Liga F is set to be the first senior professional league to introduce Football Video Support (FVS), a 'cost-effective' alternative to the Video Assistant Referee (VAR) system. The Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) has announced plans to implement FVS — which will allow managers to challenge two on-field decisions per game — into the top flight of Spanish women's football for the 2025-26 season. Advertisement The RFEF says the decision to introduce FVS is the first step towards the full implementation of VAR in Liga F. The federation will 'seek FIFA's permission and guidance' to bring in the technology with a view to 'aligning the top men's and women's leagues with an equivalent VAR system in the medium term.' The decision was taken on Wednesday at a meeting on Spanish refereeing reform in the women's game, with referee, club and player representatives agreeing to the introduction of FVS. FVS is billed as a 'cost-effective alternative to VAR' and was trialled at the Blue Stars/FIFA Youth Cup in May and the Women's Under-20 World Cup in September. The International Football Association Board (IFAB), the body responsible for the game's laws, announced in December that FVS trials were being extended. Similarly to VAR, the FVS system is designed to be used 'in the event of a possible clear and obvious error or serious missed incident' — a goal/no goal, straight red card, penalty/no penalty or case of mistaken identity, according to a FIFA press release from May. However, unlike VAR, those decisions are not automatically checked as there is no video match official, and instead the coaches make a review request to the on-field referee. FIFA states a coach can indicate they are challenging the decision by 'twirling their finger in the air' and handing a review request card to the fourth official. Only the team's head coach can make a review request, but players are entitled to ask their head coach to do so. FIFA said in May that FVS is its response to requests from member associations who are unable to implement VAR due to cost and number of cameras available, and it is not intended as a VAR replacement. VAR was introduced in La Liga from the beginning of the 2018-19 season and while the technology is used across international women's competitions, the knockout stages of the Women's Champions League and the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL), it is not common in domestic women's leagues. Advertisement The introduction of officiating technology in Spain comes after Real Madrid's historic win over Barcelona on Sunday was marred by a controversially disallowed goal. Barcelona's Jana Fernandez had a goal incorrectly ruled out for offside with the game level at 1-1, before Madrid went on to win the game. ()
Associated Press
27-03-2025
- Sport
- Associated Press
Spain wants a more affordable VAR in its women's liga and coaches' challenges
MADRID (AP) — The Spanish soccer federation will ask FIFA for permission to introduce a more cost-effective video review system in the women's liga next season. The federation wants to give coaches the ability to challenge on-field decisions similar to those used in sports leagues in the United States. Thursday's announcement of the intention to use FIFA's so-called Football Video Support (FVS) system came after a Barcelona goal was incorrectly disallowed for offside in the women's clasico against Real Madrid on Sunday. Madrid earned its first ever win over the Catalan rival in the women's game. The federation said having the new system would be a step toward implementing full VAR in the women's game. VAR is fully operational in the men's liga but not in the women's. FIFA, which trialed the new system in a youth competition last year, said on its website that FVS was designed to be portable and more affordable than traditional VAR that requires greater infrastructure, including more cameras at stadiums and constant monitoring by VAR match officials. FIFA said it started looking into an alternative system after it 'received requests from a number of member associations to find a more affordable system to support referees in their decision-making.' It said FVS was aimed at 'meeting the needs' of associations that can't implement VAR 'because their human and financial resources are limited and very few cameras are in use in their competitions.' Even matches with only one camera, whether human-operated or automated, can have FVS in place, according to FIFA. Coaches can challenge a call 'by twirling their finger in the air and giving a review request card to the fourth official,' FIFA said. Coaches are expected to have two challenges, and if the review results in the original decision being changed, the team doesn't lose the challenge. Major sports leagues in the United States, including the NFL and the NBA, offer coaches challenges. After goals are scored, FIFA said the fourth official will check the footage on the monitor and inform the referee if there was any clear and obvious irregularity. A fully finalized version of the system that Spain could potentially use has not been presented yet, though FIFA has said that FVS must include 'minimal stadium connectivity or fixed installation, with the possibility of being installed pitch-side and/or within the TV compound.' The instant-replay functionality should provide images 'from at least one camera angle to assist officiating decisions effectively,' and the setup 'must be lightweight and transportable by a single person for ease of deployment in a range of different stadium environments.' FIFA acknowledged that because FVS involves a small number of cameras, 'the replay footage will often be inconclusive and thus the original decision may not be changed.' If the technology malfunctions, the match must be played or continue without FVS, FIFA said. ___
