JUST-IN: Five-substitute rule extended to 2022 World Cup
Teams at the World Cup in Qatar will be able to use five substitutes per match after football’s rule-making body on Friday extended the right until the end of 2022.
#UPDATE Teams at the World Cup in Qatar will be able to use five substitutes per match after football's rule-making body on Friday extended the right until the end of 2022 pic.twitter.com/kbTWWiojma
— AFP News Agency (@AFP) May 28, 2021
Read Also: Pep Guardiola on the brink of exorcising UCL demons
IFAB said the rule, first introduced by IFAB last year in response to the Covid-19 pandemic, will remain in place until 31 December, 2022 “for all top-level competitions”.