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The technology will help fans see the action from the point of view of the referees while AI will help detect offside earlier and goalkeepers will be punished for loss of time after eight seconds.
The FIFA club World Cup has been overhauled since its first competition in December 2023 in Saudi Arabia.
The number of participating clubs has quadrupled at 32, the frequency of the competition has gone from the annual quadrennial to the quadrennial and the champion’s price – previously $ 5 million – increased by $ 35 million.
It is not only the figures that have changed in the tournament. FIFA also seeks to introduce new technologies, including artificial intelligence to help referees, and it becomes strict on goalkeepers who waste time while holding the ball.
Here is an overview of the three major changes to implement at the tournament of the month, which will be underway on Saturday in the United States:
What is the referee’s body and how will it work during the club World Cup?
Small cameras, exceeding the ears of the referees, will capture the live action which will take place in front of them.
The video will be supplied to the current match broadcasting and will be broadcast to viewers, but only if the action is not controversial. Thus, any penalty, calls, disputed calls and other moments of controversy that change the situation will be cut.
However, fans will be offered a unique view of goals, backups, crossings, players’ races and plated. The functionality will only be available in the six NFL stadiums used during the – Atlanta, Charlotte, Los Angeles, Miami, East Rutherford, Philadelphia and Seattle tournament.
“The objective is to offer viewers a new experience,” said Pierluigi Collina, president of the FIFA referees committee, when this decision was announced on Wednesday.
He said technology will be tested during the tournament and will offer the body of football a chance to examine it, as well as controversial moments of moments, for long -term implementation.
Collina asked for the patience of the fans during this phase and suggested doing things “step by step”.
“For the moment, it’s a try. We have to do something new and simpler, the better we have corrected rules in a protocol. Are we going to offer these images in the future? Maybe when we learn to run, maybe not, maybe we will do it. ”
Camera of the referee’s body in action. We can expect to see more of this at @Fifacwc ⚽️
Botafogo images against Pachuca in Intercontinental Cup 2024 ™ FIFA where body cameras have been tested. #TO COOKTHEWORLD | #Fifacwc | #FootBallUnITESTHEWORLD pic.twitter.com/a30pifdda1
– FIFA Media (@fifamedia) June 6, 2025
How will FIFA use the AI to check the offside during the club World Cup?
Although the help of technology in off-game decision-making is not new, the club World Cup will use it slightly differently using AI for “improved semi-automatic mail”.
The video flow of 16 cameras will provide images of the current action to an AI-based program, which will then alert match officials as soon as a offside player touches the ball.
Managers hope that this new mechanism will help reduce decision -making time. The system will probably see the flag raised earlier for the offside and will reduce the cases of playing after a clear offside, as opposed to a review of the subsequent video assistant (VAR).
In another first, images of Var offside journals will be shown to spectators inside stadiums on large screens.
What is the new expiration delay rule for goalkeepers?
It is not entirely new, but the guards of guards from time to time will also face the heat much earlier than usual, because FIFA asked the referees to tighten on glovemen who take too much time on the ball.
The rules stipulate that the guards cannot keep the ball for more than six seconds, but they were not punished as often as the Director of the Game would have liked.
From now on, the referees will issue a five -second warning – counted by the officials in their hands – and the goalkeeper must release the ball before a total of eight seconds is increasing.
The fact of not doing it will lead to a corner kick for the opposition as opposed to an indirect free kick, which has already been given.
