Norwegian football clubs vote to drop Video Assistant Referee system

By Emre Asikci

ISTANBUL (AA)—The top Norwegian football clubs voted to eliminate the Video Assistant Referee (VAR) system, which potentially could make Norway the first country in Europe to do so.

"We see that the technology has potential, but we see through today's discussion and subsequent voting that the majority of our clubs believe that the current version of VAR does not work well enough," Cato Haug, Chairman of the Board of Norsk Toppfotball, said in a statement.

According to a statement by Norsk Toppfotball, the vote results show that a majority of the clubs in the Eliteserien and the OBOS league do not want to continue VAR in Norwegian football.

The voting results show that 19 participants supported the idea of abolishing VAR, while 13 were opposed to the measure.

Norsk Toppfotball is the organization that represents the 32 football teams participating in Norway’s top two divisions.

Earlier, the Swedish Football Federation decided not to use the VAR system.