FIFA breaks out new goal-line technology for Club World Cup

• FIFA will introduce goal-line technology at Club World Cup in Tokyo
• Magnetic-field-based system will be used at Yokohama Stadium
• Hawk-Eye cameras will be used at Toyota Stadium

TOKYO (AP) — FIFA will introduce goal-line technology for the first time at the Club World Cup in an effort to accurately judge when balls cross the goal line.

The magnetic-field-based system of GoalRef will be used at Yokohama Stadium while Toyota Stadium will be equipped with the camera-based Hawk-Eye system. The seven-team tournament begins on Thursday when New Zealand's Auckland City faces Japan's Sanfrecce Hiroshima at Yokohama Stadium.

FIFA secretary-general Jerome Valcke said, "Tomorrow will be the first time that goal-line technology will be officially used in a game. The tests are done; and the installation tests were successful."

Hawk-Eye is a British camera-based system already used in tennis and cricket. GoalRef is a Danish-German project using magnetic sensors to track a special ball.