An important piece of history will be made at the FIFA Club World Cup Japan 2016 (8 18 December in Yokohama and Osaka) with video assistance being used to support referees with “match-changing” decisions for the first time in a FIFA competition.
“This represents a big step forward in terms of testing the technology,” says Marco van Basten, FIFA’s Chief Officer Technical Development.
Further information about VARs is available here; http://quality.fifa.com/en/var/