Huge VAR Change To Be Tested At FIFA Club World Cup

A big VAR change will be tested at the FIFA Club World Cup. VAR decisions will be explained to fans via the speaker systems at stadiums during the tournament.

Robert Summerscales | Jan 18, 2023

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VAR decisions will be explained to fans via the speaker systems at stadiums during the upcoming FIFA Club World Cup in Morocco.

The tournament, featuring the likes of Real Madrid, Seattle Sounders and Flamengo, will take place in Tangier and Rabat between February 1 and February 11.

Video referees will explain what is being looked at during VAR reviews and publicly break down the process of how decisions are reached.

Television viewers will also be able to listen to the referees' communications.

It has not yet been confirmed whether the explanations in Morocco will be broadcast in French, English or Arabic.

The move is part of a trial by FIFA.

If the first trial goes well then FIFA will extend it to cover the men's Under-20 World Cup in Indonesia in May and then the Women's World Cup in Australia and New Zealand in July and August.

A view of a giant screen at Al Bayt Stadium after Ecuador's early goal against Qatar was disallowed by a VAR review — Referees will talk fans through VAR reviews as they happen at the FIFA Club World Cup :: IMAGO/Focus Images/Paul Chesterton

Published Jan 18, 2023

ROBERT SUMMERSCALES

Robert Summerscales launched FanNation Futbol in February 2022. Rob is a British journalist who previously spent two years on the sports desk at the Daily Mail in London, having earlier served as editor of CaughtOffside.com. He has been to the last two FIFA Men's World Cups, in Russia and Qatar, and is looking forward to completing his hat-trick in North America in 2026.