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Sunday 30 September 2018, 22:00

The Making of the Video Operation Room (VOR)

MOSCOW, RUSSIA - JUNE 21: Video Assistant Refereeing (VAR) Room at the Internatinal Broadcasting Centre on June 21, 2018 in Moscow, Russia. (Photo by Joosep Martinson - FIFA/FIFA via Getty Images)

VAR premiered at the 2018 FIFA World Cup™ and will now feature in many other competitions in the coming years. 

FIFA’s Refereeing experts quantified the overall correct decisions including VAR at 99.3% (compared to the already high 95.6% excluding VAR intervention) showing the additional benefit for a more just outcome of the game. Take a behind the scenes look at the making of the Video Operation Room where the VAR team was located during the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia™.