World Cup 2014 - Goal Line Technology will be used

[killgod]

http://www.tsn.ca/soccer/story/?id=416341

ZURICH, Switzerland -- FIFA committed Tuesday to using goal-line technology at the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, and could have four systems competing for selection.

FIFA said it is now seeking tenders from companies which want their system to be used at the Confederations Cup in June and next year's World Cup.

"Interested GLT companies will be invited to join an inspection visit to the Confederations Cup venues, currently scheduled for mid-March, with a final decision due to be confirmed in early April," FIFA said in a statement.

FIFA President Sepp Blatter insisted on giving World Cup referees high-tech aids to make goal-line decisions after seeing England midfielder Frank Lampard have a clear goal denied against Germany at the 2010 tournament in South Africa.

Tuesday's decision was expected once FIFA's rule-making panel, known as IFAB, decided last July to approve goal-line technology at competitive matches after two systems passed extensive tests.

The camera-based Hawk-Eye system and GoalRef, which uses magnetic sensors, were used at the Club World Cup in Japan in December.

Those two systems were expected to compete for World Cup duty, though two competitors are making late entries in the contest.

FIFA said two German systems have completed tests and could soon be approved for use. The companies are not being formally identified until licensing is approved.

One system has passed tests devised for FIFA by a Zurich-based technical institute, and results for the second are expected this month, FIFA said.

Hawk-Eye is already used in tennis and cricket. The English company was bought by Sony Corp., a World Cup sponsor, during the testing process.

GoalRef uses magnetic sensors in the goalposts to track an "intelligent" ball, made by Danish company Select.

Both systems relay information within one second to the referee's wristwatch. Both passed all pre-game tests in Japan but were not called upon to determine a goal.

Before the 2010 World Cup, Blatter had long opposed taking the human element of decision-making from referees. He changed his stance after seeing match officials miss Lampard's shot bounce off the crossbar and land fully over the goal line in Bloemfontein. England would have levelled at 2-2 before halftime but lost 4-1 in the second round.

Blatter said two days later that FIFA should reopen the debate, although video replay remains off limits for judgment calls.

Hopefully they aren't needed and if they are, they fuckin get it right.

 

[Rudi]

It's year 2013 and Goal Line technology is still not uniformally used in soccer. :smh:

 

[wr50l]

It's year 2013 and Goal Line technology is still not uniformally used in soccer. :smh:

Booo! Tradition! Mistakes are part of the game! You're ruining it! etc.

I can hardly think of any sports which have anywhere close to such an intense dislike for progressive ideas. But then again, you only have to look at FIFA and UEFA and CONCACAF and all the others; they are all run by old bampots who have been raking in cash for years on the old system and have no reason not to rest on their laurels.

 

[Nico]

well i like it just because they can get it right in a important tournament like this but i can understand people who dislike it. personally i like it when some mistakes are part of the game and not everything is controlled

 

[kyhadley]

personally i like it when some mistakes are part of the game and not everything is controlled

Umm... why?

 

[Nico]

well maybe i expressed myself wrong, i like the goalline technology but i don't want the extended use of replay in soccer because if they start doing this on offside situations, the game will be really interrupted.

 

[wr50l]

well maybe i expressed myself wrong, i like the goalline technology but i don't want the extended use of replay in soccer because if they start doing this on offside situations, the game will be really interrupted.

Football doesn't lend itself to technology so well. I think hockey and rugby provide the best examples of the extent to which video tech can be implemented successfully into this game. To be honest I don't see much interference if all goals were reviewed for offside at least, but there is definitely a line where you put replays into every rule and the game gets too perfectionist.

 

[wincy]

Now this is the time when Brazil should take the cup.