The quadrennial World Cup takes place in Qatar on November 20. It is a competitive event for the world's top players and a day of revelry for fans.

And FIFA announced the use of semi-automatic offside technology at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, providing VAR officials and field officials with support tools to help them make more repeatable offside decisions faster, more accurately and on the biggest stage.

AL RIHLA", which means "journey" in Arabic, is the official match ball of the World Cup 2022 in Qatar, designed by Adidas, with an inertial measurement unit (IMU) sensor that will provide a further important element for detecting offside The ball is equipped with an Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU) sensor that will provide a further important element for detecting offside events. The sensor is located in the center of the ball and sends ball data to the video room 500 times per second, allowing for very precise detection of ball points.

The playing field also features 12 dedicated tracking cameras to track the ball and up to 29 data points per player, 50 times per second, to calculate their exact position on the field.

By combining limb and ball tracking data and applying artificial intelligence, the new technology sends an automatic offside alert to video game officials in the video operations room whenever an attacker who is in an offside position when a teammate catches the ball receives the ball.