How does VAR work at Women's Euro 2025? Semi-automated offside VAR explained
Your guide to semi-automated offside VAR calls at Women's Euro 2025 in Switzerland.
Whether it's the decisions themselves or the time it takes the officials to make them, VAR has already proven a hot topic at Euro 2025.
That is only likely to continue as the games grow in magnitude and the pressure cranks up at the summer tournament.
Alongside the likes of VAR and goal-line technology, which have become part of the fabric of modern football, new tools are being implemented out in Switzerland to help officials reach the right decisions and make them faster.
RadioTimes.com brings you all the details you need to know about VAR and semi-automated offside calls at Women's Euro 2025.
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Is there VAR at Women's Euro 2025?
Yes, VAR is in use at this summer's tournament in Switzerland.
In an attempt to ensure fans understand the decisions made by VAR at Euro 2025, all of the official explanations, including images and videos, are published on the UEFA website.
The technology hub for the tournament is based in Nyon.
What is semi-automated offside VAR at Women's Euro 2025?
Alongside VAR and goal-line technology, connected ball technology and semi-automated offside technology are in use at Euro 2025.
The official KONEKTIS match ball, which is made by Adidas, sends data to match officials in real time and, when used in collaboration with player position data and artificial intelligence, will help them make faster decisions in games.
It will also help officials identify each touch of the ball to speed up offside, penalty, and handball decisions.
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When there is a potential offside, the semi-automated offside technology fires an alert to the video assistant referee and automatically draws the famous lines in an instant.
That means fewer infuriating waits for a decision, as all that's left to be done is for the VAR to confirm the accuracy of the technology, run the rule over the call and relay the final verdict to the on-field official.
England have already experienced the semi-automated offside technology firsthand when Russo saw an early goal ruled out against France.
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