{"id":301415,"date":"2023-12-04T18:25:27","date_gmt":"2023-12-04T18:25:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/?p=301415"},"modified":"2023-12-04T18:25:27","modified_gmt":"2023-12-04T18:25:27","slug":"euro-2024-ball-will-be-microchipped-to-help-detect-handballs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/soccer\/euro-2024-ball-will-be-microchipped-to-help-detect-handballs\/","title":{"rendered":"Euro 2024 ball 'will be microchipped to help detect handballs"},"content":{"rendered":"
Handball decisions at next year’s European Championship will be aided by ball-tracking technology that detects when an infringement has been committed, according to reports.<\/p>\n
The handball rule often provokes controversial discussion and UEFA hope the state-of-the-art technology used in the tournament ball will nullify any erroneous decisions being made.<\/p>\n
UEFA has invested in the\u00a0Fussballliebe to help aid match officials with a similar design having already been successfully deployed by FIFA in making offside calls at last year’s World Cup.<\/p>\n
The microchipped ball features a detection system behind the outer layer that branches out throughout the entirety of the ball and will be used at Euro 2024, as reported by The Times.<\/p>\n
Video Assistant Referees will benefit from the combination of limb-tracking and the newly designed ball when making offside calls and handballs at the tournament taking place in Germany.<\/p>\n
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Handball decisions at next year’s European Championship will be aided by ball-tracking technology<\/p>\n
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UEFA has invested in the Fussballliebe to help aid match officials with a similar design having already been successfully deployed by FIFA at last year’s World Cup<\/p>\n
The technology will give decision-makers a 3D representation of players’ skeletons, with the ball being able to pinpoint exactly where it hit individuals on their body.<\/p>\n
Incidents where the ball has hit a hand in the box and could lead to a penalty is when the technology will most likely often be used, however it won’t overrule any decision made by officials.<\/p>\n
Premier League systems currently rely on video replays that are replayed to officials in a VAR room to determine whether a handball offence has been committed.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Newcastle recently felt aggrieved in their Champions League draw against PSG when\u00a0Tino Livramento was penalised for handling the ball.<\/p>\n
A similar incident also occurred in Man United’s European defeat against Bayern Munich when midfielder Christian Eriksen was judged to have done the same.<\/p>\n
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Newcastle recently felt aggrieved in their Champions League draw against PSG when Tino Livramento was penalised for handball<\/p>\n
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However, decisions can still be hard to make when the ball strikes a hand close to the body, the new ball technology is likely to make such incidents easier to determine the correct outcome.<\/p>\n
The newly-designed Adidas match-ball is able to detect when the ball was kicked and along with cameras inside every stadium at the tournament will also assist in providing pinpoint offside decisions.<\/p>\n
The\u00a0Fussballliebe isn’t currently set to be used in the UEFA Champions League that currently relies on cameras to make offside and handball rulings.<\/p>\n
The ball can be charged via induction and should speed up decision-making in-game to stop lengthy delays ocurring.\u00a0<\/p>\n