FIFA World Cup

Lenovo is wrapping its run as FIFA's Official Technology Partner for the 2026 World Cup with a claim of 99.99% uptime across 16 host cities and 104 matches. The bigger story is Referee View, an AI broadcast tool that put officiating data in front of fans instead of just referees.

Lenovo and FIFA say all 48 national teams that competed at the 2026 World Cup used FIFA AI Pro, an AI analytics platform built on Lenovo's AI Factory and xIQ platform, to prepare for the tournament. The claim is notable less for the technology than for its reach, universal adoption across football's wealthiest federations and its most under-resourced ones alike, though the release stops short of saying whether that access translated into any competitive edge on the pitch.