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Coverage

What leagues or tournaments do you cover?

You can find all the leagues we cover, as well as a breakdown of data offered, via our Coverage Matrix.

How will a sport event behave when it is not covered with live scores?

When a sport_event is not covered live, the status and match_status will remain as not_started until results are entered post-match.

Why do different groups have coverage information for a tournament?

The notion of “groups” is versatile and is used to distinguish between playoffs, and our tournaments structures and is therefore necessary to describe coverage at a group level for consistency.

What competitions will have event zone data in the Timeline endpoints?

Zone data will be available for the following competitions:

HBL (German Handball League)

• Bundeslig: sr:competition:149
• Bundeslig: sr:competition:921
• DHB Pokal: sr:competition:57
• Supercup: sr:competition:434
• All Star Game: sr:competition:2488

EHF

• EHF club competitions (EHF Champions League M/W, EHF European League M/W, EHF Cup M/W)
• EHF national team competitions (EHF Euro M/W, EHF Eurocup M/W, various EHF Qualification matches etc.)

HBF (German Handball League Women)

• Women Bundeslig: sr:competition:245
• 2nd Bundesliga Women: sr:competition:33055
• Super Cup Women: sr:competition:612
• DHB Pokal Women: sr:competition:58

HLA (Austrian Handball League)

• HL: sr:competition:85
• HLA 2: sr:competition:25705
• Super Cup: sr:competition:2312

Which competitions have manager information available?

Manager information is currently only available for German Bundesliga Men's and Women's competitions.

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Integration

How can I find the values for various enum data points within the API?

Many enum values are listed in the FAQ below. For the most up-to-date values, please see the Schema section of the OpenAPI specification here

What format are date fields presented in?

When we present date only values we present these in the ISO 8601 standard format.

ex: 2013-04-03

We use these for attributes that have date and no time (such as birthdate). For more information: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_8601

What format are the date/time fields presented in?

All of our Date/Time attributes are in UTC, presented in the ISO 8601 standard format.

ex: 2013-04-03T18:15:00+00:00

For more information: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_8601

How do I locate the TTL (Time to Live)/cache on an API endpoint?

The cache (in seconds) can be accessed in the returned header information on each RESTful API call, under cache-control.

ex. cache-control: max-age=1, public, s-maxage=1 or
cache-control: public, must-revalidate, max-age=120

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Sport Event Statuses

What are the valid sport_event_status – status values?

• not_started – The match is scheduled to be played
• started - The match has begun
• live – The match is currently in progress
• postponed – The match has been postponed to a future date
• suspended - The match has been suspended
• match_about_to_start - The match is about to begin
• delayed – The match has been temporarily delayed and will be continued. Typically appears prior to match start
• interrupted - The match began, but coverage has stopped for a short time. Note that match scores may not be updated during this period, the last recorded match score will be displayed instead
• cancelled – The match has been cancelled and will not be played
• ended – The match is over
• closed – The match results have been confirmed

What are the valid match_status values?

• 1st_extra
• 1st_half
• 2nd_extra
• 2nd_half
• abandoned
• aet
• ap
• awaiting_extra
• awaiting_extra_time
• awaiting_penalties
• cancelled
• ended
• extra_time_halftime
• halftime
• interrupted
• not_started
• overtime
• pause
• penalties
• postponed
• start_delayed
• started

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Event Types

What are the possible event types logged?

• blue_card
• break_start
• match_ended
• match_started
• penalty_missed
• penalty_shootout
• period_score
• period_start
• red_card
• save
• score_change
• seven_m_awarded
• seven_m_missed
• shot_blocked
• shot_off_target
• shot_on_target
• shot_saved
• steal
• substitution
• suspension
• suspension_over
• technical_ball_fault
• technical_rule_fault
• timeout
• timeout_over
• yellow_card

What are the possible event zones in the timeline endpoints?

• unknown
• wing_left
• wing_right
• six_meter_centre
• nine_meter_centre
• nine_meter_left
• nine_meter_right
• six_meter_left
• six_meter_right
• back_court

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Shot Types

What are the possible shot types logged?

• fast_break
• breakthrough
• direct_free_throw
• pivot

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Pagination

Why can't I find a particular match in the Daily Summaries or Sport Events Updated feeds?

These endpoints support pagination and return 200 entries by default. To return more matches, an additional query string parameter must be used after your API key. For example, appending &start=200 will return the next 200 entries per page, &start=400 will return the next 200, and so on.

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Probabilities

What are markets and what are the different markets?

Markets is something you can bet on that we provide probabilities for. Over time we intend to provide more and more markets in the API. Currently the only market we provide is 3-way (will the home team win? Or the away team? Or will it be a draw?).

What are the valid outcomes for probabilities?

• home_team_winner
• away_team_winner
• draw

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Standings / Tournaments

What are the possible standings types I can observe in the Standings endpoint?

Listed below are the values for standing – type.

• total
• home
• away
• first_half_total
• first_half_home
• first_half_away
• second_half_total
• second_half_home
• second_half_away

What are the valid tournament types?

• group
• playoff

What are the possible values for cup_round – state in the Season Links endpoint?

Listed below are the values and definitions for cup_round - state. These can be leveraged to determine the status of a cup round.

• empty - A matchup has been created but neither the match details nor the competitors are known.
• unseeded_fixture - Match details are known but competitors are unknown.
• partial_seeded - One competitor is known.
• partial_seeded_fixture - Match details and one competitor are known.
• seeded - Both competitors are known.
• seeded_fixture - Match details and both competitors are known.
• unstarted - Match(es) have been added.
• on_going - The first match has started.
• decided - The last match has ended.
• winner - The winner is known.
• cancelled – The matchup has been cancelled.

How are group IDs delivered in the stage array with the various types?

With the type of "league" they will have a sr:league prefix.
With the type of "cup" they will have a sr:cup prefix.

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