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Club World Cup Refs to Wear Eye-Level Cameras but It’s What FIFA Won’t Show that’s Most Telling
- FIFA announced that referees at the 2025 Club World Cup in the US will wear eye-level body cameras, with the tournament running June 15 to July 13 and featuring 32 teams.
- This innovation follows successful trials and aims to enhance fan engagement, increase transparency, and improve the accuracy of officiating decisions through technological advances.
- Additional changes include extending the goalkeeper's ball possession limit from six to eight seconds with stricter enforcement, implementing semi-automated offside technology, and rolling out digital substitution tablets.
- The head of FIFA’s refereeing panel explained that the use of body cameras is being tested mainly to provide viewers with new perspectives, while confirming that the footage will be accessible to VAR officials, although it is expected to be used only occasionally for making decisions.
- These technological and rule changes intend to create a smoother match operation, a better fan experience, and set guidelines for future global use of referee body cameras in football.
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The Hamilton SpectatorClub World Cup refs to wear eye-level cameras but it’s what FIFA won’t show that’s most telling
·Indianapolis, United States
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Despite Fifa's announcement about the fact that body cameras are being carried on the referees, the organisation is announcing this Wednesday that controversial actions will not be shown.
·Paris, France
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The Fifa will use the World Clubs, which starts on Saturday, June 14, as a laboratory to test body cameras on referees. This innovation, which will allow to see and hear what is happening on the ground, will not, however, show the images of controversial actions. - Clubs' World Cup 2025: The referees' on-board cameras will not show controversial actions (Sports).
The competition will start this Saturday with the match between Lionel Messi's Inter Miami and Egypt's Al Ahly in Florida
·Buenos Aires, Argentina
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