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Compared to similar technology in other sports, goal-line technology is a relatively recent addition to association football, its integration having been opposed by the sport's authorities. In July 2012, the International Football Association Board (IFAB) officially approved the use of goal-line technology, amending the Laws of the Game to ...
Each installation however would also require licensing approval for use in the individual stadium, on a 12-month basis. The 2012 FIFA Club World Cup was the first tournament where GoalRef and Hawk-Eye were used by a match referee. GoalRef was used for the first time on 6 December 2012 in the first match of the 2012 FIFA Club World Cup. [2]
The GoalControl system was used at the 2013 Confederations Cup as a trial run, where it detected 68 goals [3] and during the 2013 FIFA Club World Cup to track the ball, while GoalRef was used for display. [7] [8] The system was used 2014 World Cup in Brazil where it would be the first World Cup to feature goal-line technology.
Perhaps too conclusive for some. Belgium's Romelu Lukaku had three goals ruled out in his opening two games — two for offside and one for a handball from teammate Loïs Openda in the build up, which was detected by the ball's sensor. Goal-line technology has ended debate over marginal calls in terms of whether the ball has crossed the line.
Goal-line technology could be back for the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia. Here's a guide at two goal-line systems that will help referees to decide a goal has been score or not.
Hawk-Eye tracks the ball, and informs the referee if a ball fully crosses the goal line into the goal. The purpose of the system is to eliminate errors in assessing if a goal was scored. The Hawk-Eye system was one of the systems trialled by the sport's governors prior to the 2012 change to the Laws of the Game that made GLT a permanent part of ...
First league goal awarded by goal-line technology: scored by Edin Džeko in the 14th minute of the Premier League game between Manchester City and Cardiff City on 18 January 2014. The game was officiated by Neil Swarbrick , who consulted his watch when Cardiff defender Kevin McNaughton quickly cleared the ball away just after it entered the goal.
The controversy over goal line technology was re-ignited in 2009 after Brazil had a potential equalizing goal disallowed during the 2009 Confederations Cup Final; and during the 2010 FIFA World Cup after England's Frank Lampard's shot off the underside of the crossbar during a 4–1 defeat against Germany was not ruled a goal, despite replays ...