There are some things that we always see first in a World Cup. We saw the vuvuzela in the 2010 World Cup, we saw it for the first time in which two teams participated in one in the 2006 World Cup, and we have not yet seen France win with a team of completely original French players, but what Qatar will present during the next World Cup that will start next Sunday is unprecedented He has no equal!
Qatar, which will be the first Arab country to host the World Cup, will present breakthroughs, not just one, in the world of technologies that serve football and its fans. The technical revolution is on Arab lands this time, and what Qatar offers this year in its stadiums will be the cornerstone for the development of European and Arab stadiums as well in the future.
What Qatar will provide this year is four different technologies for basic services for the sake of the game and the fans, but there are also some services that we can say are more luxurious than before, and we will address them at the end of the article that we will start now by reviewing the technology that reminds us that everyone can watch the World Cup.
- The stadium cooling system is the first of its kind
- A stadium that can be dismantled after the end of the tournament
- To serve the game, stealth will be worked on semi-automatically
- The trip ball we talked about
- The bonocle device will show the blind the latest matches in all parts of the world
- Commuting is part of the journey, and the journey will be short and smart within Qatar
- All stations and trains are air-conditioned
- Charging stations, Wi-Fi networks, and food delivery to the seat
1. The stadium cooling system is the first of its kind
Qatar will adopt a new cooling system for the 2022 Qatar World Cup. The system will maintain the atmosphere inside the open stadium from the top, even when it is also open, so that the temperature becomes suitable for the spectators at the top and the players at the bottom.
This is of course in order to maintain constant temperatures inside the stadium so that it is not harshly hot for the spectators or uncomfortable and tiring for the players. Of course, there are those who do not tolerate high temperatures, such as the players of the European continent, for example.
This technology will be adopted in all stadiums except for Stadium 974, and this is because it is naturally cooled due to its location near the coast. There are seven stadiums that will be cooled with this technology, which depends mainly on the presence of a power plant next to each stadium to supply the cooling system that depends on cooling the water that enters the internal cooling network with energy, and this water will turn into cool air that enters the stadium and the spectator areas.
2. A stadium that can be removed after the tournament ends
Qatar is showing its capabilities in constructing a stadium and completely dismantling it after the end of the World Cup, and the stadium that we will not see again will be Stadium 974 in the city of Doha, which cost the state 241 million US dollars completely and completely to be put in place.
The stadium, which can host 40,000 spectators, will be completely dismantled and moved to any place that needs 40,000 spectators, whether it is a party or even another competition. This is due to its engineering nature, which relies entirely on cargo transport containers that are specifically installed in order to return to the stadium form again.
The number of containers for this stadium is completely 974 containers, and it is the same as the international calling number for the State of Qatar, and this is the reason for naming the stadium 974 … What is this innovation?
3. To serve the game, stealth will be done semi-automatically
Because offside is an integral part of the game and cannot be treated in the same way as when the ball goes off goal and is more sensitive, offside is not fully automated. It will be semi-automatic or semi-automatic.
The offside recognition technology will work by using only two factors, the first factor is an array of 12 cameras surrounding the pitch and the second factor is the sensor inside the “trip” ball that all World Cup matches will be played with.
Let’s put together a scenario here. The ball reaches the feet of Thiago, who runs with it from half the field until before the 18th, and Morata sneaks between the players of the defense line and stands behind them, from here Thiago passes the ball to him and puts it in the net while he is offside.
This is what happened on the field, but the technology we are talking about sends a signal to the referee when the ball reached Morata from Thiago and Morata behind the offside line, and of course he will review the goal in the back in order to review the game and confirm the validity of the goal instead of having to monitor the VAR screen for wasted minutes Out of playing time kills the rhythm of the game.
4. The trip ball we talked about
The new Adidas World Cup ball, which was unveiled in March of this year, will come with a new technology that links it to the offside technique we are talking about. Let’s talk first about the sensor inside the ball, which transmits its facts inside the field to the offside technology server.
This sensor determines the location of the ball within the dimensions of the field set in advance and sends its details to the server that we talked about, which in turn processes the location of the ball and all players running on the field in order to determine whether the ball will enter a state of offside with its carrier or not.
The second feature is an internal sensor positioned in the middle of the ball, which powers adidas’ Suspension System, which comes to present the ball’s angles and shot power, in order to give the audience more detail on attacks that result in goals at the end.
We expect the ball to inform us of many details that we have not seen before in the next ball, and of course it will lead us to another station of data that we can look at in the match and also help it in the new offside technique in the World Cup.
5. The bonocle device will show the blind the latest matches around the world
In 2020, Qatar introduced the first smart entertainment device for the blind, and this device is ” bonocle“, which is linked to a smartphone in order to broadcast entertainment content on this remote control-like device. The idea of this device is that there is space for the finger to feel the Braille writing that will appear on it, and from here he can read everything that happens in the program that he broadcasts at the same time as displaying it on the phone.
With the Qatar World Cup 2022, the bonocle platform will provide the first experience of watching the World Cup for blind people by broadcasting live matches with this technology. All the course of the match will be displayed in a quick and short text form on the Braille board of bonocle, and this is to keep the pace of the match and explain everything that happens on the field.
6. Mobility is part of the journey, and the trip will be short and smart within Qatar
The new transportation network in Qatar is based on three main pillars. Metro, tram and public transport buses. We will not take Uber and Careem into account because there is nothing special for them in Qatar, the service is the same as in the rest of the world.
Let’s start first with the metro. There are three lines offered by Qatar in the country, and these lines cover up to 37 stations. There is a metro that passes every three minutes, knowing that all of these stations are friendly to people with special needs and you can take your dog during the trip. There are also bus lines within 2 to 5 km around each station, and some stations have parking spaces to reduce crowds during matches.
We must mention that Qatar provides services to holders of the Hayat Card, the card that fans get when entering Qatar to attend the World Cup, and the service it provides to the metro lines is that the bearer will not pay anything in the metro. All trips are free from now until the end of the World Cup.
7. We need not say that all stations and trains are air-conditioned, right?
The tram is also air conditioned. There are three lines, the first is the Lusail line, the second is the Education City and the third is the Msheireb Tram. The first and second work for matches in the region and access to the stadium easily, and this is in a simple introductory tour of the city, and the third connects Msheireb station with the tourist places in central Doha.
As for bus or bus routes, Karwa’s network covers the entire Doha. A life card that also works for free inside, and do not forget that you can also get a smart card that you charge from Hamad Airport or even from stores.
All lines and their movements can be monitored through its own Qatar Rail application, which includes all the details of all buses in your area, and of course, like the metro and tram, these buses are air-conditioned and come with places designated for people with special needs and dogs as well.
8. Purely secondary technologies… Charging stations, Wi-Fi networks, and food delivery to the seat
There are also some technologies that will serve the masses inside Qatar. For example, you will find EIP Palm stations in almost every region in order to charge your smartphone there through the USB ports or wireless charging available there. There is even a WiFi network that you use to kill boredom while charging.
Traveling in Qatar will not be a problem either, and this is due to the presence of the NavBuddy Qatar application, which will allow its user to access toilets or places to buy food near you before you reach the stadium. There are even sensors around the city of Doha that allow you to avoid crowds from their applications to reach the stadium as soon as possible = ASAP.
But if you are a fan of going to the stadium early and find that you did not carry food with you, the Asapp application delivers food inside the stadium while you are watching the match. A luxury beyond luxury if you ask us.