FIFA has confirmed that the semi-automatic offside technology will be used in all matches of the World Cup in Qatar, offering technological support to referees on the pitch and those supporting the VAR system.
The federation describes that the technology mainly uses 12 cameras that will be placed under the roof to track the ball, and up to 29 body points for each player, which are taken into account in the offside position, all of which will be measured up to 50 times per player. a second.
Importantly, in football Al Rihlaon the official football of the tournament, a special sensor will appear, which will additionally transmit the position of the ball on the pitch 500 times per second, which will allow you to determine the exact point of the player’s kick. All this will lead to the exact determination of the ball position and the players involved in the potential offside position, after which the algorithm will calculate whether there was an offside.
VAR judges, after receiving information about offside and analyzing data provided by the system, such as the ball kick point or the drawn line, will confirm the computer’s decision and inform the main referee about it. Calculating the burns by the semi-automatic system is to significantly shorten the analysis of these situations. Once a decision is made, the data provided will be used to create a 3D animation that will then be shown to fans at the stadium and to viewers on TV. It is supposed to resemble the already known graphics related to goal line technology.
FIFA boasts that the system has been tested and approved scientifically, and that the World Cup participants will be presented in more detail at the training in Doha on July 4-5. After that, further details of the system will be presented to the public. It is not yet known when this technology will be able to be implemented in any club competitions.
For now, FIFA has released the following video explaining the semi-automatic offside technology.
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