FIFA has announced that competitions in six countries -- including Germany's Bundesliga and United States' Major League Soccer -- have been approved to run experiments with video assistant referees (VARs).
The off-line experiments will not involve referees but FIFA says live trials could be run in games next year.
FIFA president Gianni Infantino says he hopes VARs will be used to support refs at the 2018 World Cup in Russia.
What will video assistant referee experiments look like? See: https://t.co/9SK2QJULg3 & FAQ: https://t.co/zt5fgebG1W pic.twitter.com/QSDSLLcq8M
- FIFA Media (@fifamedia) June 2, 2016
As well as Bundesliga and MLS, the experiments will take place in Australia's A-League, the league and cups in Portugal, as well as unspecified competitions in Brazil and the Netherlands.