WORLD CUP GOAL LINE TECH – HOW IT WORKS

How Does Goal Line Technology work

Fifa have chosen GoalControl as the goal line technology to be used at the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. Here’s how it will work….

– World Cup stadiums will be fitted with 14 high speed cameras, 7 focused on each goal.

– Each camera is hooked up to an image processing computer.

– The computer monitors all moving objects, but filters out things like the players and ref so that the ball is focused on.

– The ball is tracked to within a few millimetres via three dimensions (X Y Z coordinates) so the computer knows its location.

– When the ball crosses the goal line, the referee and his assistants will receive a vibration and signal on their watch within a second to confirm that the ball went over the line.

– Images are stored and can be replayed.

Demonstration of the Goal Line Technology

The goal line technology to be used for World Cup 2014 is from a German based company called GoalControl.

Ahead of being introduced for the first time in a World Cup, it will be tested at the Confederations Cup in Brazil later this year.

The FA and Premier League are still considering which technology they will approve, but a decision is expected over the next few months.

The Uefa president Michel Platini recently claimed that goal line technology was too expensive for the Champions League!


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