FIFA confirm video technology will be used at World Cup in Russia this summer

1 Serie A have used video technology with mixed success

FIFA executive Philippe Le Floc’h has confirmed video replays will be used in Russia at this year’s World Cup finals.

It will be the first time VAR is used at the World Cup and it is understood FIFA are searching for sponsors for the system.

Le Floc’h said: “Definitely VAR will happen. I think it’s great to have technology in football because this is also a fair(ness) thing.

“We are talking to various technological companies who are very interested with what we are doing on the technology side of things.”

The final decision on whether VAR is approved for use at the World Cup will be made by the International Football Association Board (IFAB), football’s rule-making body, at their annual meeting on March 2.

Referees can call upon the use of replays when there is a ‘clear and obvious error’ involving goals, penalty awards, red cards, and mistaken identity.