The new technology is more accurate and faster in decision making than the current video arbitration system
FIFA this Friday validated the semi-automatic offside technology for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, an a priori formula that is more accurate and faster than the current video arbitration system (VAR) for determining the illegal positions of footballers.
The system, which has already been successfully tested in the Arab Cup 2021 and in the last Club World Cup won by Chelsea in the United Arab Emirates, makes it possible to determine the position of the players and the ball at all times, thus allowing the detection of out-of-bounds is facilitated in competition, but without replacing the umpires’ rating.
During the Qatar tournament, which takes place from November 21 to December 18, the semi-automatic offside technology (SAOT) will use twelve cameras located under the roof of the stadium and monitor up to 29 data points for each player 50 times per second. as explained by FIFA in a statement.
A sensor inside the ball sends “a packet of data” to the video room “up to 500 times per second,” allowing it to determine the moment the ball hits more accurately than the human eye could.
“With the mix of data and artificial intelligence,” a warning will be sent to the video referees when an attacker who is in an offside position when his teammate gave him a pass receives the ball, the institution said. In “a few seconds” the referee in the VOR room will manually verify the moment of the pass and the offside line before informing the head referee, who will make the final decision.
The confirmation of Kylian Mbappe’s controversial goal in October 2021, during France’s victory over Spain in the League of Nations final (2-1), illustrated the impossibility of fully automating offside. In that case, it is not only necessary to analyze the position of the players, but also to assess whether an opponent of the Gauls, in this case the Catalan central defender Eric García, was able to deliberately put the ball back into play when attempting to to clear the ball.
Similarly, FIFA ensures that during the matches, animations of the plays are broadcast in three dimensions on the screens of the various stadiums where the next World Cup will be held, in order to allow the public to better understand decisions made by referees directly.
Source: La Verdad
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