FIFA World Cup Technology

RFIDing World Cup Tickets

18 years ago in News & Features

World Cup RFID

This is actually old story, but for the benefit of those who have not heard it yet…

Did you know that each of the 3.2 million World Cup Tickets is equipped with an RFID tag to scan and monitor each fan upon arrival at the gates of any of the 12 stadiums?

Philips, the supplier of the RFID tags, said the track-and-trace chips embedded in the tickets ensures counterfeiting and for enhanced security measures. Each of these tickets include holder’s name registered upon purchase of the ticket.

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Is FIFA Sensor Ready?

18 years ago in News & Features

FIFA World Cup Goal Line Technology There is discussion flying around whether FIFA should use technology to determine or help goal decisions. I don’t think the discussion should revolve around whether FIFA is going to use the technology but it’s more of when?

Talks about the technology intensified after France-South Korea game wherein France’s shot appeared to be valid but the referee’s judgement called it otherwise.

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Football Grass Revolutionized

18 years ago in News & Features

Goalkeepers complain about the ball and now strikers point to their grass problem.

French trainer Raymond Domenech said the grass was a problem to their quick forwards which according to him becomes slow especially with the kind of heat in Germany.

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Goalies’ Technological Fear

18 years ago in News & Features

The first game sent out a red alert warning to all goalies that a one month nightmare is in sight when Germany’s Torsten Frings fired a cannon ball like shot from 40 meters to score a goal. The match ended 4-2 with a total of 6 goals; which broke the opening salvo record total that stood for more than 40 years.

The strikers are the biggest threat to goalies, combine it with a technologically superior ball plus a lightweight boot similar to what Rooney wears then you have a nightmare game after game.

Adidas altered the standard 26 or 32 panels of Football balls and instead created Teamgeist with 14 panels. Ken Bray, a sports scientist at the University of Bath in England says the ball behaves similar to a baseball.

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