AFC tests VAR Light concept at the AFC Women’s Club Championship 2021 Pilot Tournament (West)

Fri, 03 Dec, 2021

AFC tests VAR Light concept at the AFC Women’s Club Championship 2021 Pilot Tournament (West)

Aqaba: The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) tested the lower-cost video assistant referee (VAR Light) concept at the AFC Women’s Club Championship 2021 Pilot Tournament (West) in Jordan from 7 to 13 November. 

As part of its efforts to adopt more technological advances in the sport, the AFC examined the new concept, which is aimed at creating more affordable VAR systems that could enable competitions with more limited budgets to use VAR technology. 

Women video match officials benefit from latest VMO course

Sat, 13 Nov, 2021

Women video match officials benefit from latest VMO course

Abu Dhabi: The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) reinforced its commitment to further develop women match officials by organising a Women’s Video Match Officials (VMO) course in the United Arab Emirates from October 23 to November 1, 2021. 

The 10-day course, which was also aimed at preparing the VMOs for the AFC Women’s Asian Cup India 2022, was attended by 13 match officials including FIFA Women’s World Cup France 2019 referees Casey Reibelt and Kate Jacewicz of Australia. 

Women VAR match officials benefit from latest online course

Thu, 28 Oct, 2021

Women VAR match officials benefit from latest online course

Kuala Lumpur: The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Women’s Video Match Official Course, which ended on Thursday, is the latest initiative by the AFC to strengthen the knowledge of women Video Assistant Referee (VAR) match officials. 

Attended by 11 match officials from 10 Member Associations (MAs), the five-day online course was conducted by instructors Ali Al Traifi of Saudi Arabia and Malaysians Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh and Widiya Habibah Shamsuri.

Match officials gain valuable insights from AFC Refereeing STAR Programme

Thu, 28 Oct, 2021

Match officials gain valuable insights from AFC Refereeing STAR Programme

Kuala Lumpur: The first official AFC Refereeing STAR Programme successfully concluded on Monday with match officials from the Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) benefiting from the innovative development project.

The AFC Refereeing STAR Programme, which was launched in March 2021, is a remote education initiative that provides all 47 Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Member Associations (MAs) with exclusive and customisable refereeing resources.

AFC Referees Committee strengthens development of Asia’s match officials 

Thu, 28 Oct, 2021

AFC Referees Committee strengthens development of Asia’s match officials 

Kuala Lumpur: The AFC Referees Committee underlined its determination to elevate the development of Asia’s match officials by approving the new criteria for the AFC Member Association (MA)’s International Referees Quota for 2023 to 2024 at its third meeting held virtually on Tuesday.

Led by Chairperson His Excellency (HE) Du Zhaocai, the committee members recognised the need to continuously enhance the foundations for AFC MAs through the new criteria and also paid tribute to the Continent’s match officials for their role in the successful and safe staging of the AFC Champions League (West) Group Stage.

Renowned match officials join AFC Refereeing STAR Programme as coaches

Thu, 28 Oct, 2021

Renowned match officials join AFC Refereeing STAR Programme as coaches

Kuala Lumpur: Alireza Faghani from the Islamic Republic of Iran, a two-time Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Referee of the Year, is among the star-studded coaches to lend their expertise in the newly launched AFC Refereeing STAR Programme. 

Faghani, who has officiated in the FIFA World Cup, AFC Asian Cup and AFC Champions League, are joined by other coaches including FIFA Women’s World Cup referee Qin Liang of China PR and AFC Elite Referee Instructors Vladislav Tseytlin of Uzbekistan and Awni Hassouneh of Jordan in the remote education initiative that provides AFC Member Associations (MAs) with exclusive and customisable refereeing resources.