VAR to be used during Africa's Qatar 2022 World Cup play offs

President of football World governing body FIFA, Gianni Infantino says that video assistant referees (VAR) will be used during the 2022 World Cup play offs for Africa in March next year.

The Swiss made this known during the 13th Extraordinary General Assembly meeting in Cairo where he is a guest.

Infantino says video assistant referees (VAR) will be used at all play-off matches for the 2022 World Cup.

The announcement comes after Ghana pipped South Africa to a play-off spot following the award of a controversial penalty in a decisive qualifying match this month.

The incident prompted an official complaint by the South African Football Association to Fifa, which referred the matter to a member of its disciplinary committee.

"We have implemented VAR to help the referees because it is so difficult to be a referee," Infantino said. "And it's our response to put the refs in the right conditions to perform at their best."

Algeria, Tunisia, Nigeria, Cameroon, DR Congo, Mali, Egypt, Ghana, Senegal and Morocco have advanced to the play off and are one step away from booking a ticket to the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar.