JAKARTA - Liga 1 2024/2025 will implement the use of a video assistant referee (VAR) in the new season which will start on August 9, 2024.

As a serious step for PSSI in implementing VAR, they will involve quality people.

PSSI will only summon referees who have a VAR license for its operation. To get this standard, PSSI will also conduct special training to the referee on duty in order to obtain a special license for VAR operation.

This was conveyed directly by the Head of the Indonesian Referee Department, forced Singh, during a joint media workshop at the GBK Arena on Monday, July 8, 2024.

"Later, those who can be appointed as VAR referees (in Liga 1 2024/2025) will be referees who have a VAR license," said forced Singh.

"Wasits that do not have a VAR license cannot hold (operating) VAR," he said again.

Liga 1 2024/2025 will start using VAR technology in every match. This was confirmed by PSSI after holding a series of trials of using VAR since 2023.

VAR technology has also been used in the 2023/2024 League 1 Championship Series. The inaugural match that officially used VAR at that time was a match between Persib Bandung and Bali United.


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