FIFA - Johannes Holzmüller

FIFA - Johannes Holzmüller

Company / Club:

FIFA

Position inside the Company/Club:

Head of Football Technology Innovation

Speaker Biography:

Johannes has been with FIFA for 10 years pushing innovation that directly impact the game of football. He led the technical introduction of Goal-line technology to the FIFA World Cup 2014 and most recently oversaw the technical implementation of VAR at the FIFA World Cup 2018 in Russia. 
The focus of his team at FIFA is to empirically assess new technologies, products and services directly impacting the 90 minutes and based on research and experiments make recommendations for the Laws of the Game and help introduce into FIFA tournaments.

Presentation Title:

Sports Technology at the FIFA World Cup 2018

Presentation Synopsis:

The World Cup in Russia saw a number of technical innovations used for the first time at this level that offered support to teams and match officials. Besides the very prominent introduction of VAR, there was further use of goal-line technology, specialised communication equipment for referees and teams as well as live provision of data and video to match analysts for the first time. The presentation will run through the challenges and key learnings and give a brief outlook on the way forward.

Track:

THE GAME

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