The upcoming U-17 Women’s World Cup in India will see the video assistant referee (VAR) expertise make its debut within the age-group showpiece, world soccer governing physique FIFA introduced on Tuesday.
The prestigious match, which was given a go forward by FIFA after lifting the 11-day lengthy suspension on the All India Football Federation (AIFF), will probably be held in Bhubaneswar (Kalinga Stadium), Margao (JLN Stadium) and Navi Mumbai. DY Patil Stadium) from 11-30 October.
“The FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup will give us vital and vital information about the qualities of the match officials who have been appointed. We are very happy that VAR technology will be used for the first time in the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup as well. Appointed VARs and continue the development of our women’s VARs as part of the Road to Australia/New Zealand 2023 project,” she mentioned in a press release to FIFA.
VAR expertise helps the referee’s decision-making course of in 4 game-changing conditions: targets and offenses that result in a aim, penalty choices and offenses that result in penalties, straight crimson card incidents, and mistaken id.
During a match, the VAR staff frequently checks for apparent and apparent errors associated to those 4 match-changing conditions. The VAR staff communicates with the referee just for apparent and apparent errors or critical missed incidents. The U-17 Women’s World Cup in India would be the third FIFA ladies’s match to make use of VAR after the U-20 Women’s World Cup Costa Rica 2022 and the FIFA Women’s World Cup France 2019.
This would be the second time that the VAR expertise will probably be utilized in India, the primary being from the quarter-final stage of the AFC Women’s Asian Cup which was hosted in January-February this 12 months. The FIFA Referees Committee additionally introduced the match officers for the match which included 14 feminine referees, 28 feminine assistant referees, three assist referees and 16 video match officers.
“We are delighted that the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup is returning after a hiatus of four years due to the COVID-19 pandemic. We are really looking forward to this important competition to be held in India in October,” mentioned Pierluigi Colina, chairman of FIFA’s refereeing committee.
“For match officials, of course, this is another major stage in the preparation of potential candidates for the FIFA Women’s World Cup Australia and New Zealand 2023.” The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) will probably be represented by 14 referees, assistant referees and video match officers from seven member associations. There is nobody from India. Thailand’s Pansa Chasnit, Uzbekistan’s Edita Mirabidova and Korea’s Oh Hyeon Jeong have been chosen as referees, marking their first appointment as chief referees in a FIFA match. They will probably be joined by Assistant Referee Supwan. Thailand’s Hinthong and Nuanid Donjiangrid, Australia’s Joanna Charkatis, Uzbekistan’s Christina Sereda and Chinese pair Fang Yan and Zi Lijun.
In addition, 5 video match officers – Omar Mohamed Al Ali from the United Arab Emirates, Hannah Hattab from Syria, Sivakorn Pu-Udom from Thailand and Lara Lee and Casey Rebelt from Australia – will help from the VAR room.
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
