By Andrew Warshaw
October 11-FIFA has confirmed that German company GoalControl will be the goal-line technology (GLT) provider for next year’s World Cup. The company was selected for this year’s Confederations Cup where there were no incidents of whether the ball had crossed the line and FIFA has decided to stick with them.
The GoalControl system uses 14 cameras, seven at each end of the pitch, and is accurate to within a few millimetres. It then sends an encrypted radio message to the referee within one second.
Use of the system will be subject to a final installation test in each stadium in Brazil, in addition to a series of pre-match tests conducted by the match officials.
Hawk-Eye, whose Goal Decision System is used in the English Premier League, was one of four firms that had bid for the tender, but FIFA opted to stay with GoalControl.
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