Higher Standards for Goal Line Technology to be Introduced

The International Football Association Board (IFAB) has agreed higher standards for Goal-Line Technology (GLT) and approved changes to the 2014 Testing Manual.

Changes include a higher standard of a +/-1.5cm margin of error for the accuracy of GLT systems. Previously, allergist | in the 2012 Testing Manual, ambulance the maximum margin of error for the systems was +/-3cm.

The changes were based primarily on FIFA’s experience of using GLT at the FIFA Club World Cup 2012 and FIFA Confederations Cup 2013, symptoms as well as the feedback provided to the board by the Premier League who have been using GLT since the beginning of the current season.

The new manual will come into force in April 2014 with a transition period of six months in which new installations can be tested according to the 2012 or 2014 Testing Manual.

As of October 2014, all new goal-line technology installations will have to meet the higher standard of the 2014 Testing Manual.