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Manager Info in Lineups

Release DateFeeds AffectedBenefit
05/29/2024Season Lineups

Sport Event Lineups
We have added manager information to the Sport Event and Season Lineups feeds. This info was previously only available in the Competitor Profile feed.

Manager data points include: country code, Id, name, and nationality.

Manager info is currently only available for German Bundesliga Men's and Women's competitions.
<manager id="sr:player:1638458" name="Krickau, Nicolej" nationality="Denmark" country_code="DNK"/>
"manager": 
{
"id": "sr:player:1638458",
"name": "Krickau, Nicolej",
"nationality": "Denmark",
"country_code": "DNK"
}


Coverage Node Change

Release DateFeeds AffectedBenefit
02/26/2024Competitor Summaries

Competitor vs Competitor

Daily Summaries

Live Summaries

Player Summaries

Season Lineups

Season Probabilities

Season Summaries

Sport Event Lineups

Sport Event Summary

Sport Event Timeline

Live Probabilities

Sport Event Probabilities

Timeline Probabilities
Made the following updates to coverage level properties.


Removed the live attribute from the current coverage node and added  type="sport_event"

Inserted a  sport_event_properties node into coverage  with the following attributes:

- basic_play_by_play
- basic_player_stats
- basic_team_stats
- goal_scorers
- lineups
- scores (live or post)Inserted a new coverage  node within the  season_info node between season and stages which contains  type="competition"


Inserted a competition_properties node within coverage with the following attributes:

- brackets
- schedules
- standings(live, post, false)
- team_squads
<season_info
  xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
  xmlns="http://schemas.sportradar.com/sportsapi/handball/v2" generated_at="2024-02-23T17:21:11+00:00" xsi:schemaLocation="http://schemas.sportradar.com/sportsapi/handball/v2 https://d1woxfzdkvuts1.cloudfront.net/bsa-6558/handball/v2/schemas/season_info.xsd">
  <season id="sr:season:107903" name="Bundesliga 23/24" start_date="2023-08-24" end_date="2024-06-02" year="23/24" competition_id="sr:competition:149">
    <sport id="sr:sport:6" name="Handball"/>
    <category id="sr:category:53" name="Germany" country_code="DEU"/>
    <competition id="sr:competition:149" name="Bundesliga" gender="men"/>
  </season>
  <coverage type="competition">
    <competition_properties brackets="false" schedules="true" standings="live" team_squads="true"/>
    <sport_event_properties basic_play_by_play="true" basic_player_stats="true" basic_team_stats="true" goal_scorers="true" lineups="true" scores="live"/>
  </coverage>
  <stages>
    <stage order="1" type="league" phase="regular season" start_date="2023-08-24" end_date="2024-06-02" year="23/24">
      <groups>
        <group id="sr:league:75771" name="Bundesliga 23/24" max_rounds="34">
          <competitors>
            <competitor id="sr:competitor:3982" name="SC Magdeburg" country="Germany" country_code="DEU" abbreviation="SCM" gender="male"/>
            <competitor id="sr:competitor:3993" name="SG Flensburg-Handewitt" country="Germany" country_code="DEU" abbreviation="SGF" gender="male"/>
            <competitor id="sr:competitor:3996" name="TBV Lemgo Lippe" country="Germany" country_code="DEU" abbreviation="TBV" gender="male"/>
            <competitor id="sr:competitor:3980" name="THW Kiel" country="Germany" country_code="DEU" abbreviation="THW" gender="male"/>
            <competitor id="sr:competitor:3994" name="VfL Gummersbach" country="Germany" country_code="DEU" abbreviation="GUM" gender="male"/>
            <competitor id="sr:competitor:3981" name="ThSV Eisenach" country="Germany" country_code="DEU" abbreviation="EIS" gender="male"/>
            <competitor id="sr:competitor:3984" name="HSG Wetzlar" country="Germany" country_code="DEU" abbreviation="WET" gender="male"/>
            <competitor id="sr:competitor:3995" name="FRISCH AUF! Goppingen" country="Germany" country_code="DEU" abbreviation="FAG" gender="male"/>
            <competitor id="sr:competitor:3997" name="HSV Hamburg" country="Germany" country_code="DEU" abbreviation="HSV" gender="male"/>
            <competitor id="sr:competitor:4004" name="Rhein-Neckar Lowen" country="Germany" country_code="DEU" abbreviation="RNL" gender="male"/>
            <competitor id="sr:competitor:4007" name="MT Melsungen" country="Germany" country_code="DEU" abbreviation="MTM" gender="male"/>
            <competitor id="sr:competitor:5463" name="HBW Balingen-Weilstetten" country="Germany" country_code="DEU" abbreviation="HBW" gender="male"/>
            <competitor id="sr:competitor:5453" name="Fuchse Berlin" country="Germany" country_code="DEU" abbreviation="BER" gender="male"/>
            <competitor id="sr:competitor:5447" name="TSV Hannover-Burgdorf" country="Germany" country_code="DEU" abbreviation="HAN" gender="male"/>
            <competitor id="sr:competitor:6268" name="Bergischer HC" country="Germany" country_code="DEU" abbreviation="BHC" gender="male"/>
            <competitor id="sr:competitor:6272" name="TVB Stuttgart" country="Germany" country_code="DEU" abbreviation="TVB" gender="male"/>
            <competitor id="sr:competitor:7962" name="SC DHfK Leipzig" country="Germany" country_code="DEU" abbreviation="LEI" gender="male"/>
            <competitor id="sr:competitor:6288" name="HC Erlangen" country="Germany" country_code="DEU" abbreviation="HCE" gender="male"/>
          </competitors>
        </group>
      </groups>
    </stage>
  </stages>
</season_info>
<sport_event_summary
  xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
  xmlns="http://schemas.sportradar.com/sportsapi/handball/v2" generated_at="2024-02-23T17:21:57+00:00" xsi:schemaLocation="http://schemas.sportradar.com/sportsapi/handball/v2 https://d1woxfzdkvuts1.cloudfront.net/bsa-6558/handball/v2/schemas/sport_event_summary.xsd">
  <sport_event id="sr:sport_event:44801036" start_time="2023-11-02T14:30:00+00:00" start_time_confirmed="true">
    <sport_event_context>
      <sport id="sr:sport:6" name="Handball"/>
      <category id="sr:category:73" name="International"/>
      <competition id="sr:competition:867" name="Int. Friendly Games" gender="men"/>
      <season id="sr:season:100945" name="Int. Friendly Games 2023" start_date="2023-01-01" end_date="2023-12-31" year="2023" competition_id="sr:competition:867"/>
      <stage order="1" type="league" phase="regular season" start_date="2023-01-01" end_date="2023-12-31" year="2023"/>
      <round number="1"/>
    </sport_event_context>
    <coverage type="sport_event">
      <sport_event_properties basic_play_by_play="false" basic_player_stats="false" basic_team_stats="false" goal_scorers="false" lineups="false" scores="live"/>
    </coverage>
    <competitors>
      <competitor id="sr:competitor:5593" name="Portugal" country="Portugal" country_code="PRT" abbreviation="POR" qualifier="home" gender="male"/>
      <competitor id="sr:competitor:22031" name="Austria" country="Austria" country_code="AUT" abbreviation="AUT" qualifier="away" gender="male"/>
    </competitors>
    <sport_event_conditions>
      <ground neutral="true"/>
    </sport_event_conditions>
  </sport_event>
  <sport_event_status status="closed" match_status="ended" home_score="27" away_score="34" winner_id="sr:competitor:22031">
    <period_scores>
      <period_score home_score="17" away_score="18" type="regular_period" number="1"/>
      <period_score home_score="10" away_score="16" type="regular_period" number="2"/>
    </period_scores>
  </sport_event_status>
</sport_event_summary>


Lineups Endpoints

Release DateFeeds AffectedBenefit
02/26/2024Season Lineups

Sport Event Lineups
Added two RESTful endpoints: Season Lineups and Sport Event Lineups

Season Lineups - Provides lineups for all matches in a given season.

Sport Event Lineups - Provides detailed roster information for a given match. Starting players are indicated if supported by coverage level.


Pagination Update

Release DateFeeds AffectedBenefit
11/27/2023Season SummariesAmended pagination from 200 to 100 events per request for the Season Summaries endpoint.


Goalkeeper Shots Saved

Release DateFeeds AffectedBenefit
10/02/2023Live Timelines
Live Timelines Delta
Sport Event Timeline
Added goalkeeper details on shot_saved
events in the Timeline endpoints.
<event id="1541638431" type="shot_saved" time="2023-09-14T17:05:50+00:00" match_time="5" match_clock="4:54" competitor="home" shot_type="fast_break">
    <player id="sr:player:1591822" name="Horzen, Kristjan" type="shot"/>
    <players>
        <player id="sr:player:1591822" name="Horzen, Kristjan" type="shot"/>
        <player id="sr:player:905478" name="Johannesson, Peter" type="saved"/>
    </players>
</event>
{
    "id": 1541638431,
    "type": "shot_saved",
    "time": "2023-09-14T17:05:50+00:00",
    "match_time": 5,
    "match_clock": "4:54",
    "competitor": "home",
    "player": {
        "id": "sr:player:1591822",
        "name": "Horzen, Kristjan",
        "type": "shot"
    },
    "shot_type": "fast_break",
    "players": [
        {
            "id": "sr:player:1591822",
            "name": "Horzen, Kristjan",
            "type": "shot"
        },
        {
            "id": "sr:player:905478",
            "name": "Johannesson, Peter",
            "type": "saved"
        }
    ]
},


Round Info Additions

DateFeeds AffectedBenefit
09/26/2023Competitor Summaries
Competitor vs Competitor
Daily Summaries
Live Summaries
Player Summaries
Season Probabilities
Season Summaries
Sport Event Summary
Sport Event Timeline
Live Probabilities
Sport Event Probabilities
Timeline Probabilities
Added data points related to tournament
rounds to bring consistency across APIs.

New data points include:

- Round - Cup Round Sport Event Number
(cup_round_sport_event_number)
- Round - Cup Round Number of Sport Events
(cup_round_number_of_sport_events)
- Round - Cup Round Id
(cup_round_id)
- Round - Other Sport Event Id
(other_sport_event_id) *when 2 legs only
<round name="quarterfinal" other_sport_event_id="sr:sport_event:43573993" 
  cup_round_sport_event_number="2" cup_round_number_of_sport_events="2" 
  cup_round_id="sr:cup_round:1923693"/>
"round": {
    "name": "quarterfinal",
    "other_sport_event_id": "sr:sport_event:43573993",
    "cup_round_sport_event_number": 2,
    "cup_round_number_of_sport_events": 2,
    "cup_round_id": "sr:cup_round:1923693"
},


Event Types

Release DateFeeds AffectedBenefit
09/21/2023Live Timelines
Live Timelines Delta
Sport Event Timeline
Added two new event types:empty_net & goalkeeper_back.

These signify when a goalkeeper is temporarily removed for an extra outfield player.
<event id="1541635889" type="empty_net" time="2023-09-14T17:02:06+00:00" 
    match_time="2" match_clock="1:11" competitor="away"/>
<event id="1541636501" type="technical_rule_fault" time="2023-09-14T17:03:04+00:00" 
    match_time="3" match_clock="2:06" competitor="away">
    <player id="sr:player:1028431" name="Babak, Tomas"/>
</event>
<event id="1541636509" type="goalkeeper_back" time="2023-09-14T17:03:04+00:00" 
    match_time="3" match_clock="2:10" competitor="away"/>
{
    "id": 1541635889,
    "type": "empty_net",
    "time": "2023-09-14T17:02:06+00:00",
    "match_time": 2,
    "match_clock": "1:11",
    "competitor": "away"
},
{
    "id": 1541636501,
    "type": "technical_rule_fault",
    "time": "2023-09-14T17:03:04+00:00",
    "match_time": 3,
    "match_clock": "2:06",
    "competitor": "away",
    "player": {
        "id": "sr:player:1028431",
        "name": "Babak, Tomas"
    }
},
{
    "id": 1541636509,
    "type": "goalkeeper_back",
    "time": "2023-09-14T17:03:04+00:00",
    "match_time": 3,
    "match_clock": "2:10",
    "competitor": "away"
},


Active Season Indicator

Release DateFeeds AffectedBenefit
08/28/2023Sport Events CreatedAdded a active_season attribute for newly created matches appearing in the Sport Events Created endpoint.

When marked as true this will signify that an added match is part of an active season.
    <sport_event_created id="sr:sport_event:43393169" active_season="true" created_at="2023-08-30T14:42:39+00:00"/>
    <sport_event_created id="sr:sport_event:43393167" active_season="true" created_at="2023-08-30T14:42:39+00:00"/>
    <sport_event_created id="sr:sport_event:43393165" active_season="true" created_at="2023-08-30T14:42:38+00:00"/>
    <sport_event_created id="sr:sport_event:43393163" active_season="true" created_at="2023-08-30T14:42:37+00:00"/>
    <sport_event_created id="sr:sport_event:43393029" active_season="true" created_at="2023-08-30T14:37:40+00:00"/>
{
    "generated_at": "2023-08-30T14:47:30+00:00",
    "sport_events_created": [
        {
            "id": "sr:sport_event:43393169",
            "active_season": true,
            "created_at": "2023-08-30T14:42:39+00:00"
        },
        {
            "id": "sr:sport_event:43393167",
            "active_season": true,
            "created_at": "2023-08-30T14:42:39+00:00"
        },
        {
            "id": "sr:sport_event:43393165",
            "active_season": true,
            "created_at": "2023-08-30T14:42:38+00:00"
        },
        {
            "id": "sr:sport_event:43393163",
            "active_season": true,
            "created_at": "2023-08-30T14:42:37+00:00"
        },


'Season Form Standings' Endpoint

Release DateFeeds AffectedBenefit
05/10/2023Season Form StandingsReleased a new Season Form Standings endpoint.

This endpoint provides a form table of game results and splits for a given season.

It can be leveraged to easily display the W/D/L (win/draw/loss) of each team's recent matches among a variety of splits (total, home, away, 1st half total, 1st half home, 1st half away).


Cup Round Data

Release DateFeeds AffectedBenefit
03/20/2023Season LinksAdded order, state, and winner_id to cup rounds in the Season Links endpoint.

These new fields can be leveraged to determine the status, order, and winner of a cup round within a season/tournament.


Age Group & Gender Additions

Release DateFeeds AffectedBenefit
03/13/2023Competitor Profile
Competitor Summaries
Competitor vs Competitor
Daily Summaries
Live Summaries
Player Profile
Season Info
Season Lineups
Season Probabilities
Season Standings
Season Summaries
Seasonal Competitor Statistics
Sport Event Lineups
Sport Event Summary
Sport Event Timeline
Push Statistics
Added age_group and gender to competitor elements in several endpoints.

This update follows the existing format of the Soccer API, and will help to efficiently distinguish these competitor (team) characteristics.


Pagination Update to Season Probabilities

Release DateFeeds AffectedBenefit
03/03/2023Season ProbabilitiesAdded pagination to the Season Probabilities endpoint for several APIs.

Going forward, the first 200 events will be displayed. To retrieve further events additional query string parameters will be required. For example, to load the next 200 events you will need to append &start=200 to the call and to load the next 200 add &start=400 and so on.


Category Data

Release DateFeeds AffectedBenefit
01/20/2023Competition InfoAdded the category element to the Competition Info endpoint. This includes category id, name, and country_code. The category will be represented by the country or International to better distinguish the country designation.


'updated' Attributes for Push Feeds

Release DateFeeds AffectedBenefit
11/29/2022Push EventsAdded updated and updated_time flags to the Push Events feed. This update will better display which game events have been updated.


Season Links Endpoint

Release DateFeeds AffectedBenefit
10/04/2022Season LinksAdded data points to support the new Season Links endpoint. This feed can be used to compile advancement brackets for relevant seasons.


'Competitor Merge Mappings' Endpoint

Release DateFeeds AffectedBenefit
08/23/2022Competitor Merge Mappings
Player Merge Mappings
Added the Competitor Merge Mappings endpoint to a variety of APIs. This feed provides the valid Sportradar Id in cases when two competitors have been merged into one. This feed was previously present in the Soccer API.

Also added a Player Merge Mappings endpoint to the Aussie Rules Football API.


'Sport Events Created' Endpoint

Release DateFeeds AffectedBenefit
06/29/2022Sport Events CreatedOur new Sport Events Created endpoint provides a list of all events created within the last 24 hours. Send requests to this endpoint as needed to assist in locating and storing newly created events.


Support for Aggregate Scores

Release DateFeeds AffectedBenefit
05/23/2022Competitor Summaries
Daily Summaries
Head to Heads
Live Summaries
Live Timelines
Live Timelines Delta
Player Summaries
Season Summaries
Sport Event Summaries
Sport Event Timeline
Push Events
Push Statistics
Live Probabilities
Sport Event Probabilities
Timeline Probabilities
Added aggregate home and away scores for matches.

Allows a display of aggregate scores for two-legged ties, reducing the need for manual calculation.


'Match Tie' Statistic

Release DateFeeds AffectedUpdate
02/16/2022Competitor Summaries
Daily Summaries
Head to Heads
Live Summaries
Live Timelines
Live Timelines Delta
Player Summaries
Season Summaries
Sport Event Summary
Sport Event Timeline
Push Events
Push Statistics
Live Probabilities
Sport Event Probabilities
Timeline Probabilities
Added a match_tie attribute for competitions ending in a draw.


Standings Data

Release DateFeeds AffectedUpdate
02/01/2022Season StandingsAdded 'Minus' points to Handball Standings, providing the points a team has lost.


Competition Gender

Release DateFeeds AffectedUpdate
11/08/2021Competition Info
Competitions List
Competitor Summaries
Daily Summaries
Head to Heads
Live Summaries
Player Summaries
Season Info
Season Summaries
Sport Event Summary
Sport Event Timeline
Live Probabilities
Sport Event Probabilities
Timeline Probabilities
Added competition gender to several endpoints.


Pagination Update

Release DateFeeds AffectedUpdate
10/15/2021Daily Summaries
Sport Events Updated
Added a pagination support description for the Daily Summaries and Sport Events Updated feeds.


Standings Types

Release DateFeeds AffectedBenefit
10/06/2021Season StandingsAdded support for additional standings types.


Probability Match Times

Release DateFeeds AffectedBenefit
09/22/2021Live Probabilities
Sport Event Probabilities
Timeline Probabilities
Added ‘match_time’, ‘remaining_time’, and ‘remaining_time_in_period’ for relevant Probability feeds.


Season Endpoints

Release DateFeeds AffectedBenefit
09/08/2021Player Merge Mappings
Season Competitors
Season Players
Seasons
Added feeds for additional support of player and seasonal data.


Referee Info

Release DateFeeds AffectedUpdate
09/08/2021Competitor Summaries
Daily Summaries
Head to Heads
Live Summaries
Player Summaries
Season Probabilities
Sport Event Summary
Sport Event Timeline
Live Probabilities
Sport Event Probabilities
Timeline Probabilities
Added referee information, including: country code, Id, name, nationality and type


Games Played Addition

Release DateFeeds AffectedUpdate
09/08/2021Season StatisticsAdded games_played to seasonal statistics.


Standings Update

Release DateFeeds AffectedUpdate
09/08/2021Season StandingsAdded “live” group indicator and “round” number to season standings.


Event Types

Release DateFeeds AffectedUpdate
09/08/2021Sport Event Timeline
Push Events
Added the following player event types: blocked, foul, fouled, saved, shot


Probability Package

Release DateFeeds AffectedBenefit
05/03/2021Live Probabilities
Season Outright Probabilities
Sport Event Probabilities
Sport Event Upcoming Probabilities
Timeline Probabilities
Added data points to support the addition of the probabilities package feeds.


Match Stats

Release DateFeeds AffectedBenefit
05/03/2021Competitor Summaries
Daily Summaries
Head to Heads
Live Summaries
Player Summaries
Season Probabilities
Season Summaries
Sport Event Summary
Sport Event Timeline
Added sport event attendance. Added “cup_round_id”, “cup_round_number_of_sport_events”, “cup_round_sport_event_number”, and “other_sport_event_id” to give more context around ties with two legs. Added “shot_type” event for score_change, shot_off_target, shot_blocked and shot_saved events. Added player “seven_m_saves” to summary and timeline endpoints.


Penalty Shootout

Release DateFeeds AffectedBenefit
05/03/2021Sport Event TimelineAdded FAQ information regarding shot types. Added the event type “penalty_shootout” to the list of event types.


Event Zones

Release DateFeeds AffectedBenefit
01/11/2021Live Timelines
Live Timelines Delta
Sport Event Timeline
Push Events
Added the event – zone data point for available competitions.


Venue Update

Release DateFeeds AffectedBenefit
05/20/2020Competitor Summaries
Daily Summaries
Head to Head
Live Summaries
Player Summaries
Season Probabilities
Season Summaries
Sport Event Summary
Sport Event Timeline
Added the following venue data points: changed, reduced_capacity, and reduced_capacity_max.


Group IDs

Release DateFeeds AffectedBenefit
05/20/2020Season StandingsUpdated group ids in the Season Standings feed to include “sr:group:”


Neutral Ground Support

Release DateFeeds AffectedBenefit
01/07/2020Competitor Summaries
Daily Summaries
Head to Heads
Live Summaries
Player Summaries
Live Timelines
Live Timelines Delta
Player Summaries
Season Probabilities
Season Summaries
Sport Event Summary
Sport Event Timeline
Push Events
Push Statistics
Added the groundneutral Boolean flag to all summary and timeline endpoints.


Shot Statistics Updates

Release DateFeeds AffectedBenefit
01/07/2020Competitor Summaries
Daily Summaries
Head to Heads
Live Summaries
Player Summaries
Sport Event Summary
Sport Event Timeline
Push Statistics
Updated the shot_accuracy data point. Added the following data points to all summary and timeline endpoints: shots, shots_against, shots_off_goal, shots_on_goal.


Goalkeeper Minutes Played

Release DateFeeds AffectedBenefit
11/21/2019Competitor Summaries
Daily Summaries
Head to Heads
Live Summaries
Player Summaries
Sport Event Summary
Sport Event Timeline
Push Statistics
Added the Goalkeeper Minutes Played data point to the feeds.


Push Feeds

Release DateFeeds AffectedBenefit
09/05/2019Push Events
Push Statistics
Added Data Points in support of the Push Events and Push Statistics feeds.


Parent Competitions

Release DateFeeds AffectedBenefit
06/03/2019Competition ListAdded Boolean flag for parent competitions: is_parent.


Competition Info Endpoint

Release DateFeeds AffectedBenefit
04/26/2019Competition InfoAdded support for the Competition Information endpoint.


Timelines Endpoints

Release DateFeeds AffectedBenefit
02/07/2019Live Timelines
Live Timelines Delta
Added data points in support of the new Live Timelines and Live Timelines Delta feeds.


Group & Stage Updates

Release DateFeeds AffectedBenefit
01/10/2019Competitor Summaries
Daily Summaries
Head to Heads
Live Summaries
Player Summaries
Season Information
Season Probabilities
Season Standings
Season Summaries
Sport Event Summary
Sport Event Timeline
Added group_name to the group element and added stage information to the Season Standings endpoint.


API Release

Release DateFeeds AffectedBenefit
07/23/2018AllInitial release of Handball v2.