The Video Assistant Referees will be used in the final matches of this year's African Champions League and Confederation Cup, CAF have announced.

 The decision was taken during the last CAF Executive Committee meetings in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt from the 27th to 28th of September.

And CAF General Secretary, Amr Fahmy is excited about the introduction of VAR in the finals of Africa's elite club competition and has described it as "a historic moment for African football."

"This is a historic moment for African football. It clearly shows that CAF is determined and committed to the interclub competitions and will bring on board the latest and innovative technologies to make it better," he said on CAF's website

"We (CAF) are the first confederation to use VAR in the final of the Club competitions. We did it for the CAF Super Cup and we are delighted to go a step further with the Interclubs competitions."

The refereeing technology debuted in Africa in the 2017 CAF Super Cup between Morocco's Wadad Athletic Club and TP Mazembe of DR Congo in Casablanca.

In the meantime, a preparatory course has been scheduled for October 24-27 in Cairo, to further prepare twelve top match officials for this season's CAF club finals.

The selected referees are Janny Sikazwe (Zambia), Ghead Grisha (Egypt), Mehdi Abid Charef (Algeria), Bamlak Tessema (Ethiopia), Victor Gomes (South Africa) and Papa Bakary Gassama (Gambia).

And the Assistant Referees are Emiliano Jerson Dos Santos (Angola), Zakhele Siwela (South Africa), Jean Claude Birumushahu (Burundi), Anouar Hmila (Tunisia), Abdelhak Etchiali (Algeria) and Mahmoud Abo El Regal (Egypt).

David Elleray, the technical director of the International Football Association Board (IFAB), will supervise the course.

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