AI Set to Play Major Role at the FIFA Club World Cup 2025
AI technology to help officials make correct calls during the tournament.
The incoming FIFA Club World Cup will witness a number of remarkable innovations boosted by artificial intelligence (AI). One of them is the advanced semi-automated offside technology. This follows successful trials at the FIFA Intercontinental Cup 2024™ and a number of FIFA’s youth tournaments.
Improved Decision Making
However, an advanced version of semi-automated offside technology will be in place at the FIFA Club World Cup 2025, with the aim of making the decision-making process for offside situations as fast as possible. The technology will utilize multiple cameras, a sensor inside the ball and artificial intelligence.
The system tracks players’ positions and the ball, providing automated, real-time alerts to match officials in the event of clear offsides. However, for challenging offside scenarios, the video assistant referee will still validate the information provided by the system before the decision is taken.
Artificial Intelligence-driven Data
For the first time at a major tournament, FIFA will use algorithms developed by Football Technology Centre AG, its joint venture with Hawk-Eye Innovations Ltd, to automatically collect the majority of live event data based on the available tracking data.
