Compared to without video assistant referee: does video assistant referee monitoring have an impact on the Chinese Super League?
In the CSL, VARs intervene frequently in matches. VARs monitoring also had a measurable, albeit small, impact on sports performance, especially defensive performance. In addition, VARs monitoring follows the idea of FIFA to encourage attacking, and it also benefits limited fouls.
Authors
- Bo Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4227-1741)
- Meiyun Lin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3852-3491)
- Delihai Qi
- Pei Deng (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-3391-6857)
- Liqing Zhang
Institutions
- Beijing Sport University (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Sports Science Medicine and Rehabilitation
- Published
- 2025-05-29
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s13102-025-01192-5
- Primary Topic
- Sports Analytics and Performance
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00