Arab Cup: FIFA tests semi-automatic outstanding technology

The Football World Association FIFA will test a new semi-automatic distance technology at the Arab Cup in Qatar in the coming weeks. The tournament after a long break again in Qatar (30 November to 18 December) should be determined using artificial intelligence in direct exchange with the video assistant if a player is in line with.

Pearling Collins, head of the FIFA referee committee described the test run as the most important attempt so far the newly developed technology. Special cameras among the stadium roofs automatically provide tracking data to the video assistants, which can check appropriate situations on special ways.

The technology is very useful for both the game preparation and decision-making, said Collins: In case of offside situations, the decision will be made after not only the position of the players, but they have been analyzed by their participation in the turn The final decision remains in the hand of the referee.

At the Arab Cup, 16 teams measure from the Arab region, it is the follow-up tournament of the Arab National Cup, held NIN times from 1963 to 2012. It is played in the stadiums of the World Cup 2022, the event becomes the most important test run for the World Championship next year (21 November to 18 December 2022).