VAR protocol·Page 153, 2026/27 edition

VAR protocol

The provision as it is printed, and everything on Ruleside that turns on it.

The use of video assistant referees (VARs) is only permitted where the match/ competition organiser has fulfilled all the implementation requirements as set out in the VAR Handbook, and has received written permission from FIFA.
IFAB Laws of the Game 2026/27, page 153 · clause law-x-53b03c27

Verdicts that turn on it 1

Walk the tree to any of these and this clause is part of the answer.

Officials left without the technology, and the match still standsvar-protocol

Questions that ask it 1

Points in a walk where the reader is deciding this provision.

Is the disputed point a fact, such as whether the whole ball crossed the goal line?var-protocol

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