FIFA continues to test the goal-line technology

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The International Football Board (IFAB) met in Lima, Peru during the FIFA Under-17 World Championship, has decided that goal-line technology which is designed to assist referees in their decision-making will be further tested at the FIFA Club World Championship, which is contested from 11 to 18 December in Japan.

"The general outcome of this meeting was that IFAB, FIFA, the referees and those responsible for this system are convinced that goal-line technology could have a positive future," FIFA said in a statement. "However, further improvements will be required to be made to this system following its first test in a competition environment." The 120th Annual General Meeting of the IFAB in Zurich on 4 March 2006 will then decide whether goal-line technology is to be employed at the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany.