With video refereeing becoming a precious decision-making tool in a growing number of sports, Vincent Lagnier, Product Manager at Vogo presents an overview of video refereeing practices.
Football or soccer has been the vanguard of defining the framework for video-assisted refereeing (VAR) and implementing such systems. IFAB is in charge of defining the rules and FIFA applies these standards for its competitions, providing leadership in how regional and national federations apply them.
VAR is the name specifically given to the video refereeing process in football, but many other sports have now introduced a video refereeing solution in their competitions or are actively working towards it. TMO in rugby, video replay in handball, video challenge in tennis… the objective is the same for all: help referees and judges guarantee fair and transparent decisions, by providing them with dedicated video and audio tools...
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