FIFA have released the final statistics of all refereeing decisions made at the recent FIFA Women’s World Cup in France.
Footballs International governing body have said they are very pleased with the performance of all referees at the Women’s World Cup, expressing particular satisfaction with the use of the Video assistant referee (VAR) in enforcing the Laws of the Game.
“Enforcing the laws is the referees’ task and they cannot refrain from doing it. If laws exist, referees must enforce it – particularly when tools like VAR or Goal Line Technology (GLT) are available. This is what the match officials have done in France,” said Chairman of FIFA’s Referee’s Committee Pierluigi Collina.
Read on below for a summary of the most important statistics from the Women’s World Cup.
Yellow Cards – 130
| Reckless Challenge – 69 |
| SPA (Challenge) – 16 |
| SPA (Holding) – 13 |
| FRD (Encroachment on PK) – 3 |
| Delaying the Restart – 3 |
| DOGSO (PAI Challenge) – 2 |
| Reckless IUA – 14 |
| SPA (Handball) – 4 |
| FRD (Free Kick) – 1 |
| UB (Simulation) – 1 |
| Entering/Reentering – 1 |
| Dissent – 3 |
| Red Cards – 4 |
| Second Yellow Card – 3 |
| DOGSO – 1 |
| Penalty Kicks |
| Penalty Kicks Awarded – 26 |
| Without VAR assistance – 13 |
| With VAR assistance – 13 |
| Penalty Kicks Canceled after VAR assistance – 3 |
| VAR Overview |
| Incidents checked – 535 |
| Matches – 52 |
| VAR Reviews – 33 |
| Checks per match – 10.28 |
| VAR Reviews – 33 |
| On-field Reviews – 21 |
| Changed Decisions – 29 |
| Confirmed Decisions – 4 |
| Only VAR Reviews – 8 |
| Changed Decisions – 7 |
| Reviewable Decisions Accuracy |
| Without VAR – 93.08% correct |
| With VAR – 98.50% correct |
| Decisions Changed – 29 |
| Final Decisions Wrong – 8 |
| Offside & Goals |
| Goals Awarded – 146 |
| Goals correctly disallowed without VAR assistance – 15 |
| Goals initially disallowed and awarded after VAR – 4 |
| Goals initially awarded and disallowed after VAR – 4 |
| Time vs Accuracy |
| Avg. time delay by VAR intervention – 0:58 |
| Avg. time delayed for VAR reviews – 1:33 |
| Avg. time delayed for VAR checks (with delay) – 0:37 |
LEARN MORE: You can read the full report on FIFA’s website here.
Explanation of Terms
DOGSO: Denying Obvious Goal-Scoring Opportunity
PAI: Penalty Area Incident
UB: Unsporting Behaviour
FRD: Failing to Respect the Required Distance
SPA: Stopping a Promising Attack
IUA: Illegal Use of the Arms
Credit: FIFA
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