Two additional assistant referees will be deployed at UEFA EURO 2012 following a decision by the International Football Association Board (IFAB) at its annual general meeting in Wales.
The International Football Association Board (IFAB), the guardian of the laws of the game, has agreed to the deployment of two additional assistant referees at UEFA EURO 2012 in Poland and Ukraine next summer. This follows a request by UEFA to the IFAB to continue the experiment at the tournament.
IFAB – which comprises the Football Association (FA), the Scottish Football Association (SFA), the Football Association of Wales (FAW), the Irish Football Association (IFA) and world football's governing body, FIFA – gave the green light at its 125th annual general meeting in Newport, Wales on Saturday, as part of ongoing experiments aimed at helping match officials in taking decisions. The UEFA EURO 2012 finals take place over 31 matches between 8 June and 1 July next year. |