How semi-automated offside technology will transform football

• Using the semi-automated offside technology will represent a significant upgrade to the VAR system
• The new technology will be used at the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar as well as the Champions League
• The VAR has received a great deal of backlash for having accuracy issues
• The FIFA Club World Cup was the venue for the successful introduction of the new technology

Over the past few years, FIFA has been making numerous technological improvements including semi-automated offside.

The game of football, played in a world where technology is constantly advancing, has also been swept up in the technological craze to make the game more enjoyable.

Both the Video Assistant Review system and goal-line innovation have already demonstrated that they have the potential to make significant improvements to the game.

On the other hand, the VAR has received a great deal of backlash for having procedures that waste a lot of time and accuracy issues.

The Video Assistant Referee (VAR) system is now undergoing renovation. FIFA is in the process of adopting semi-automated offside technology.

The semi-automated offside technology will be used in the 2022 FIFA World Cup and Champions League. Photo: Getty Images

This initiative has the potential to transform the sport entirely. The FIFA Club World Cup was the venue for the successful introduction of the new technology.

It will now be utilised in the UEFA Champions League in 2022. Additionally, it will be used for the FIFA World Cup in 2022.

The offside technology of the future will be semi-automated

The creation of semi-automated offside technology has not been an overnight success for FIFA. Over the course of the past three years, this technology has been under innovation by the football regulating body.

To this point, feedback from members of the global footballing community has been overwhelmingly positive.

Additionally, it was utilised in competitions such as the FIFA Club World Cup and the FIFA Arab Cup 2021, all of which resulted in positive feedback for the product.

The excitement of football’s quick moments will also be brought back thanks to the semi-automated offside rule.

The Video Assistant Referee (VAR) has consistently been criticised for removing the human element from the game. Pierluigi Collina, who serves as the Chairman of the FIFA Referees Committee, has stated that the semi-automated offside system will make a decision between four to five seconds.

Difference between Semi-automated offside technology and VAR

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The technology will be a significant step forward from the previous VAR system.  Which relied on broadcast cameras to make calls.

In comparison, this new technology will be an enormous improvement. At this time, the VAR can only make offside calls using the broadcast cameras. Hoewever, the new semi-automated offside system that FIFA has developed will need to install 22 cameras on the stadium’s roof.

This is done so that a player’s precise position may be tracked at all times during play.

There will be a total of 29 data points collected on each player to cover all limbs and extremities that have the potential to produce an offside violation. In addition to all of this, sensors will be inserted inside the match balls.

The official match ball for the 2022 World Cup will be called “Al Rihala,” and it will be equipped with sensors that will communicate data at a rate of 500 times per second—considering the maximum frame rate that traditional cameras can achieve is just 50 per second. The implementation of this technology will almost certainly result in more reliable conclusions.

After that, an animation video in three dimensions will be produced utilising the data gathered from the ball sensors, the rooftop cameras, and the artificial intelligence to provide a comprehensive illustration of each and every activity.

In addition, spectators can observe these officiating decisions on their personal displays as well as on massive screens located inside the stadiums.

FIFA to use the latest semi-automated offside in the 2022 FIFA World Cup 

The 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar will utilise the most current semi-automated offside system that has been developed.

During an interview with the media, FIFA President stated, “At the FIFA World Cup in 2018, FIFA took the brave step to use VAR technology on the world’s biggest stage, and it has proven to be an undisputable success.”