All 52 matches of the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations which
begins on Sunday in Cameroon will have the Video Assistant Referee.
The competition gets underway with hosts Cameroon taking on
Burkina Faso at the Olembe Stadium in Yaounde.
The final match of the 24-team competition will hold at the
same venue on FFebruary 6.
The organisers, the Confederation of African Football (CAF),
had previously used VAR from the quarter-finals stage of the 2019 edition in
Egypt.
However, CAF has now advanced with a full use of the
innovation which gained worldwide recognition by 2018.
It is expected to help improve the image of refereeing and
also produce world-class match officials in Africa.
Sixty-three match officials, including women referees Salima
Mukasanga (Rwanda), Carine Atemzabong (Cameroon), Fatiha Jermoumi (Morocco) and
Bouchra Karboubi (Morocco), have been listed for the matches.
The list consists of 24 referees, 31 assistant referees and
eight VARs, all coming from 36 countries.
The roster includes two referees from the CONCACAF as part
of an inter-confederation skills exchange programme.
(NAN)
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