The International Football Association Board (IFAB), which is responsible for making laws on the popular game, will meet on Monday in Doha, home of the 2022 FIFA World Cup later in the year, to assess the effectiveness of the “midfielder”. “automated” intrusion detection technology.

In addition, the Board at its 136th Annual Meeting of its General Assembly must confirm five substitutions per match and revisit the ever-controversial issue of indoor handball.

FIFA is still looking to implement semi-automatic offside detection, which was tested at the Club World Cup in February, but its use has yet to be confirmed.

But IFAP will not decide on Monday whether semi-automatic stealth techniques will be used in the World Cup final in Qatar from November 21 to December 18.

On the one hand, the choice is made by the organizer, in this case FIFA. On the other hand, VAR technology has been in use since the 2018 FIFA World Cup and is “just an additional tool for VAR” and not a new rule, FIFA told AFP.

“The semi-automatic offside system still needs to be evaluated before a final decision can be made,” FIFA added.

In 2018, IFAP initially approved VAR, and a few weeks later FIFA decided to use it in the World Cup in Russia.

– increased reliability –
This technology aims to improve reliability and speed up intrusion detection. This technology has been called “semi-automatic” because the final decision as to whether or not the offside is ultimately up to VAR, as opposed to goal line detection technology which strictly determines whether the ball crosses the line.

The new technology is based on cameras on the roof of the field, which monitor the players and help the referees evaluate two important points: the moment of passing or touching the ball and the position of each body part of the involved players based on the false offside line.

The collected data will be transmitted almost in real time to the VAR cell, and the final decision always remains with the referee, as emphasized by FIFA.

The visual tracking system was first tested at last year’s Arab Cup in Qatar and then at the Club World Cup in Abu Dhabi.

To provide increased accuracy, the system currently generates 18 data points for each player, tracking every part of the player’s body to create a 3D skeletal model.

However, the main goal is to increase the data to 29 points in the World Cup final to ensure greater accuracy, according to Sebastian Ranch, head of German football technology at FIFA.

Once the final decision is made, AI technology turns the images into 3D animations that can be displayed on a large screen inside the stadium.

Despite the growing influence of technology on the world of football, FIFA insists that match officials will always make the final decision, and VAR technology is responsible for monitoring offsides and checking cases as they occur, rather than waiting for the game to be stopped.

– Touching with hands inside the area –
And the IFAB General Assembly can set five substitutions for players in each match, which is almost universally accepted and widespread in light of the Covid-19 pandemic.

In October 2021, the Board that governs the rules of the game left the choice for each competition to accept the five changes or not.

This amendment to Article 3 of the Football Law, which normally provides for a maximum of three substitutions, was determined by the IFAP in May and was to be in effect until the end of 2021 for club competitions and until 31 July for international matches.

The measure was extended until 31 December 2022 following a “global review of the current impact of COVID-19 on football”.

Not all competitions have adopted an increase in the number of substitutions, especially in the English Premier League.

The IFAP Council may clarify the hand touching rule in the penalty area, which always results in unfair, unclear, controversial or controversial penalties.

Finally, Rule 11 regarding offside as well as substitution after a concussion is discussed with two specific alternatives. But a small number of accidents does not yet allow us to draw reliable conclusions.

FIFA has four of the eight votes on the IFAB Council, with the remaining four votes held by the associations of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.