The ball for the 2026 World Cup needs to be plugged in and charged before kick off.
• The balls have a sensor that tracks its precise location every time that it’s touched.
• For the 2022 World Cup, the sensor hanged in wires inside the ball, but now it’s part of one of the balls panels.
• The data is paired with 12 cameras around the stadiums to track the precise location of the ball and every player 50 times every second.
• This data is transmitted live to VAR, and will be used to determine goal line technology and offsides.
• The sensor is extremely lightweight, unnoticeable for the players, and the battery lasts for up to 6 hours.
