The Brazilian Soccer Confederation (CBF) despatched an official letter final Thursday (25) to the golf equipment and state federations collaborating within the Brazilian Série A Championship. On this doc, the entity requests the usage of the competitors’s stadiums throughout rounds 7 and eight of the Brazilian U-17 Championship. The aim of this request is to finish the implementation checks for semi-automated offside expertise (SAOT).
Holding these matches in Série A stadiums will permit the ultimate validation checks of the system to be carried out beneath actual match situations. Web indicators, {hardware} validation, community connectivity with the cameras, calibration, system validation throughout matches with full operational move, monitoring, and efficiency affirmation beneath actual situations will all be assessed and verified.
Semi-automated offside expertise is put in at Area da Baixada Credit: Duda Matoso/ Athletico-PR
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For Júlio Avellar, CBF’s Competitions Director, semi-automated offside represents a milestone in Brazilian soccer.
“The implementation of semi-automated offside expertise might be a serious qualitative leap for soccer in Brazil. Earlier than placing it into operation within the Brazilian Série A Championship, the CBF selected to undergo each validation stage rigorously — set up, calibration, and testing beneath actual match situations — exactly as a result of we perceive {that a} expertise of this magnitude wants to succeed in the sector with absolute safety and reliability. By investing 25 million reais on this venture, the CBF locations Brazilian soccer alongside the world’s high competitions. That is the trail to bringing extra transparency to selections and giving followers and golf equipment the understanding that, beneath this administration, we’re dedicated not solely to sporting equity on the sector, but additionally to bettering the product,” mentioned Júlio.
Competitions Director Julio Avellar throughout a gathering with match officers from throughout the nation to align plans for the 2026 seasonCredits: Rafael Ribeiro / CBF
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With technological assist from Genius Sports activities, the corporate employed to implement semi-automated offside, the CBF has been finishing up the set up in all stadiums designated by the golf equipment within the Brazilian Série A Championship. This expertise, the identical one utilized in UEFA and FIFA competitions and on this planet’s high leagues, with an funding by the CBF of round 25 million reais, is meant to extend transparency, guarantee better accuracy in refereeing selections on the sector, and reinforce sporting equity.
This text was translated into English by Synthetic Intelligence.