FIFA

FIFA hosts first-ever pitch maintenance workshop

5 months ago Media desk

The maintenance of football pitches in Africa has received a significant boost following a FIFA workshop that aimed to make CAF member associations aware that good maintenance ensures both the safety of players and a longer lifespan for the pitches.

FIFA piles more pressure on groundsman

9 months ago Guy Oldenkotte

FIFA has released its international match calendar for the 2025-2030 window. While the toolkit for groundsman is growing every day, the increase in the number of games FIFA intends to play and the short timespan left for groundsman to work the surface, is worrying.

Nonfilled crisis looms

9 months ago Guy Oldenkotte

The indiscriminate use of definitions to refer to new synthetic turf products that don’t contain any performance infill is a recipe for disaster.

FIFA announces new Handbook of Test Methods

9 months ago Guy Oldenkotte

All is set for a new FIFA Handbook of Test Methods to be finished by the end of this year. The last time FIFA introduced a new handbook was in 2015, with minor changes or additions made in the years since.

FIFA releases updated version Natural Turf guidelines

11 months ago Guy Oldenkotte

The FIFA Quality Programme team has released an updated version of the Natural Turf Guidelines. The guideliness were previously known as the Manager’s Guide to Natural Turf Pitches.

The FIFA World Cup fields

11 months ago Media desk

Erwin Beltman was the head groundsman for stadium De Kuip in the Netherlands between 2013 and 2022. In that period, the field was elected voted the best stadium field in the Dutch Eredivisie eight times in a row. These days, he works as a consultant and shares his experiences about achieving good turf pitches on Sportsfields.info. Today he reviews the 2022 FIFA World Cup fields.

Here they are: the 8 Fifa World Cup fields

1 year ago Guy Oldenkotte

Have a look at the 8 venues that will be used for the 2022 FIFA World Cup and learn more about the grass surface used.

FIFA introduces new category

1 year ago Guy Oldenkotte

FIFA has announced the establishment of a category that is relevant for football surfaces. In addition to FIFA approved football surfaces, FIFA Preferred Producers and FIFA approved testing institutes, FIFA has now also established the FIFA Research Institutes for Football Technology Innovation category.

FIFA harmonizes definitions

1 year ago Media desk

FIFA has finally adopted definitions for the various types of infill used in long-pile synthetic turf fields. In addition, the football governing body has also sharpened the definition for a non filled system to end the debate of what product constitutes being called a non filled system.

World Rugby and FIFA round robins explained

2 years ago Guy Oldenkotte

Field technicians of Labosport, Sports Labs and several other international testing institutes saw themselves being…