VAR - The System Explained

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the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia will see

the introduction of the video assistant

referee var for specific incidents

involving match changing situations the

var team will support the referees from

a centralized video operation room

located at the international broadcast

Center in Moscow the team consists of a

video assistant referee and three

assistant video assistant referees

additionally for replay operators will

select and provide the best angles from

all relevant broadcast cameras plus two

additional offside cameras in addition

to feeds generated from the video

operation room will be distributed to

the venue the VAR output which includes

all the angles being reviewed by the VAR

team also the video operation room

camera feed capturing all the action

during a var review

the VAR team supports the

decision-making process of the referee

in four match changing situations goals

and offenses leading up to a goal

penalty decisions and offenses leading

up to a penalty direct red card

incidents and mistaken identity

throughout a match the VAR team is

constantly checking for mistakes related

to these four scenarios they will

communicate with the referee only for

clear and obvious errors or serious

missed incidents the referee can delay

the restart of play at any time to

communicate with the VAR team and will

signal this by pointing to his ear once

the VAR s or the referee decide an

incident is in fact reviewable the

referee would initiate an official

review by signalling the outline of a TV

screen the referee will then either make

a decision based on the information

received from the VAR team or personally

review the incident at the referee

review area situated in the video

operation room a FIFA staff member will

have direct access to the VAR output and

all referee communications he is

responsible for generating official VAR

review information fire a networked

touch tablet

to ensure transparency within the VAR

review process the tablet information

will trigger the VA are related match

television graphics templates and

produce messages on the web and venue

based commentary information systems

this all new process will provide media

rights licensees commentators and

producers with updated and detailed

information on the VAR review yellow

messages will indicate there is or could

be a delay in the match read messages

will show VAR official review details

and green messages will display the

outcome of the VAR review the host

broadcast production teams will

implement a picture-in-picture solution

to help explain the complete story this

composite consists of three boxes the

big box remains the main program cut

focusing on replays and live group shots

and close-ups of the players involved

the top small box will show the referee

at all times ensuring any signal is not

missed the bottom small box will

initially focus on player and coach

close ups but will revert to the video

operation room camera only when the

official review signal has been made by

the referee when the referee has delayed

the restart of the match the match

production team can insert the

picture-in-picture

once the official review signal has been

made the video operation room camera can

be inserted and a bottom-left graphic

will explain which of the four defined

match changing decisions is under review

depending on the review scenario the

referee may elect to review them

in question at the referee review area

the match production team will show the

output of the VAR replay line showing

the viewers exactly what the referee is

watching to conclude the process a

graphic will be inserted clarifying the

outcome of the review keeping in line

with FIFA's safe coverage within other

stadiums the initial process on the big

screen begins with a camel one wide shot

once the referee has initiated an

official review the picture-in-picture

composite will be implemented it

features informative graphics the camera

one wide shot and the video operation

room camera once the referee has made

the final decision a full-frame graphic

slate explaining the outcome of the

review will be inserted followed by the

decisive replay from the video assistant

referee the information from the VAR

system will also be used to inform about

the VAR events both on FIFA comm and the

FIFA app in both platforms this will

show in the live blog as a match event

the VAR will support the referees

throughout the 2018 FIFA World Cup for

match changing situations providing the

assistance they need to increase

fairness in

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