FIFA to Test 10 Goal-line Technology Systems

Ten different goal-line technology systems will compete to persuade FIFA that referees need high-tech help to make correct decisions.

FIFA said on Friday that the 10 systems, which it did not identify, will be tested privately at its headquarters next week by researchers from a Zurich-based technology institute.

"A report will be presented to the IFAB (International Football Association Board) following an independently monitored testing phase of 10 companies and their respective technology systems," FIFA said in a statement.

The subject will top the agenda when IFAB _ comprising FIFA and the four British federations _ meets March 5 in Wales for its annual review of soccer's laws.

IFAB also will consider letting UEFA use the five-referee match official system at the 2012 European Championship.

Other proposed rules changes relate to stray objects on the field, players wearing snoods and tights, plus referees using vanishing spray to mark where defensive walls stand.

IFAB is a 125-year-old body comprising officials from England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales, plus FIFA representing the other 204 football nations plus referees, coaches and players worldwide. Each British member has one vote, FIFA has four and a proposed new rule needs six votes to be passed.