The international football federation (FIFA) said it will use semi-automated offside technology at the 2022 Qatar World Cup starting November 21 to December 18.
This new technology offers a support tool for the video match officials and the on-field officials to help them make faster, more accurate, and more reproducible offside decisions on the biggest stage of all, according to FIFA’s recent press release.
Following the successful use of VAR technology at the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia, FIFA President Gianni Infantino declared in The Vision 2020-23 that FIFA would strive to harness the full potential of technology in football and further enhance VAR, said the same source.
In the ensuing three years, FIFA has indeed continued to be at the cutting edge of technology in the game, added the same source.
The new technology uses 12 dedicated tracking cameras mounted underneath the roof of the stadium to track the ball and up to 29 data points of each individual player, 50 times per second, calculating their exact position on the pitch. The 29 collected data points include all limbs and extremities that are relevant for making offside calls, specified FIFA.
The new technology, which combines limb- and ball-tracking data and employs artificial intelligence, sends an automated offside alert to video match officials inside the video operation room whenever the ball is received by an attacker who was in an offside position at the time the ball was played by a teammate, according to the same source.
Morocco was drawn together with Group F countries, alongside Croatia, Belgium, and Canada.
The national team is set to face off Croatia first on November 23, then Belgium on November 27, and Canada on December 1.
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