FIFA has announced that semi-automated offside detection technology will be used at the FIFA World Cup in Qatar.
Remember that this competition, traditionally organized at the beginning of the summer every four years, will begin this year on November 21st.
Technology to the rescue of the offside
For some years now, technology has entered the game of football to help referees make quicker, more accurate and more consistent decisions. After the ” goal line technology and VAR, FIFA announces a new semi-automated offside detection system. A system in partnership with Adidas and that FIFA allows you to discover in detail and in video directly at this address.
This new offside detection technology requires no less than 12 cameras placed under the roof of the stadium, which will make it possible to follow the ball and the various players, in order to determine their exact position on the field. The various data points checked (29 in total) include the extremities and limbs relevant for the analysis of offside situations.
Data sent 500 times per second!
As you will have understood, this technology will be used during the next 2022 World Cup, which will be played with the Al Rihla ball from Adidas. This ball has a sensor placed in its center, which sends data to the viewing room 500 times per second, allowing very precise detection of the exact moment when the ball is played.
FIFA says:
” By combining data from the ball and the players, and using artificial intelligence, the new technology automatically sends an offside alert to the video referees each time the ball is received by an attacker who was in offside position when the ball has been played by a team-mate. »
The positional data will be transposed into a 3D animation that will show the best possible angle, which will be broadcast on the stadium screens, but also on our television screens. This should (in theory at least) avoid any contentious arbitration decision with regard to the always very delicate offsides.
Source : Fifa
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