Last month, FIFA revealed how its offside detection technology works.
The Uefa announced that semi-automatic offside technology will be used in the group stage of the 2022-23 edition of Champions League and that in the definition of the European Super Cup real Madrid Y EintrachtFrankfurt Wednesday 10 in Helsinki.
It is an optical tracking system tested at the Club World Cup last February in Abu Dhabi and in the Arabian Cup 2021 and that FIFA has confirmed for the Qatar World Cup 2022 scheduled from November 21st to December 18th.
The “joint mapping technology” is data-driven and uses specific cameras positioned throughout the stadium to provide the exact position of the players on the pitch, providing match officials with accurate information in seconds.
These specialized cameras allow the system to generate 29 “body points” for each player “This innovative systemr will allow VAR managers to quickly and accurately determine offside situationsimproving the flow of the game and the consistency of decisions “, explained the Italian Roberto Rosetti, head of UEFA referees.
The European body stated that 188 tests have been carried out since 2020 and now “the system is ready to be used in official matches and implemented in every venue of the Champions League”, said Rosetti.
It will also be at the World Cup
FIFA has validated the use during the Qatar 2022 World Cup of the “semi-automatic technology for offside detection”, as the company defined it, a tool designed to speed up and make referee decisions more reliable, after introducing the video assistance (VAR) during the 2018 World Cup in Russia.
This additional step, tested during the Arab Cup at the end of 2021 and then during the Club World Cup, allows you to determine the position of the players and the ball at any time, facilitating offside detection but without substituting the referees’ appreciation.
FIFA has revealed how its offside detection technology works.
During the Qatar tournament (between November 21 and December 18), “semi-automatic offside technology” (SAOT) will use twelve cameras positioned under the roof of the stadium and will check “up to 29 data points of each player, 50 times per second”, explains FIFA in a note.
A sensor located inside the ball sends “a packet of data up to 500 times per second” to the video room, allowing you to determine when the ball is hit more accurately than the human eye could. .
FIFA has revealed how its offside detection technology works.
“With the combination of data and through the artificial intelligence“Whenever a striker who was in an offside position when his team-mate played the ball receives a ball”, the institute specifies.
In “a few seconds”, the video referee will manually check the timing of the pass and the offside line, before informing the main referee, who will make the final decision.
One of the graphics released by FIFA to show how the new offside technology works.
The validation of Kylian Mbappé’s controversial goal in October 2021, during France’s 2-1 victory over Spain in the League of Nations final, illustrated the impossibility of fully automating the offside: once the position of the players, it must be assessed whether an opponent was able to intentionally put the ball back into play.
To allow the public to better understand the referees’ decisions, 3D animations will be broadcast on the stadium screens, explains FIFA.
With information from Agencies
Source: Clarin
