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updatedAt: 2025-10-15T20:24:12.000Z
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# Live Timelines Delta
**Waterpolo Live Timelines Delta** provides a 10 second live delta of game information, including scoring and an event timeline.
### Update Frequency
1s Time To Live / Cache
***
## Data Points
| Attribute | Parent Element | Type | Description |
| --------- | -------------- | ---- | ----------- |
| `id` | `sport_event_timeline` | String | Unique ID of a match
ex. `sr:sport_event:50747071` |
| `start_time` | `sport_event_timeline` | Date | Start time of a match
ex. `2024-03-26T20:00:00+00:00` |
| Attribute | Parent Element | Type | Description |
| --------- | -------------- | ---- | ----------- |
| `away_score` | `sport_event_status` | Integer | Total score for the away competitor in a match |
| `away_normaltime_score` | `sport_event_status` | Integer | Score for the away team in normal time |
| `home_score` | `sport_event_status` | Integer | Total score for the home competitor in a match |
| `home_normaltime_score` | `sport_event_status` | Integer | Score for the home team in normal time |
| `match_status` | `sport_event_status` | String | Status within a match (sport event). Provides more detail on the state of a match when live than `status`
ex. `not_started`, `1st_period`, `ended`
See our [FAQ](https://developer.sportradar.com/more-sports/reference/waterpolo-faq#sport-statuses) for a complete list of statuses and their definitions. |
| `count_abandoned` | `sport_event_status` | Boolean | Signifies a match was abandoned by a scout when `true` |
| `status` | `sport_event_status` | String | Status of a sport event
ex. `not_started`, `live`, `ended`, `closed`
See our [FAQ](https://developer.sportradar.com/more-sports/reference/waterpolo-faq#sport-statuses) for a complete list of statuses and their definitions. |
| `winner_id` | `sport_event_status` | String | Unique ID of the match winner
ex. `sr:competitor:24493` |
| Attribute | Parent Element | Type | Description |
| --------- | -------------- | ---- | ----------- |
| `away_score` | `sport_event_status` - `period_scores` - `period_score` | Integer | Away competitor period score |
| `home_score` | `sport_event_status` - `period_scores` - `period_score` | Integer | Home competitor period score |
| `number` | `sport_event_status` - `period_scores` - `period_score` | Integer | Period number |
| `type` | `sport_event_status` - `period_scores` - `period_score` | String | Period type
ex. `regular_period`, `penalties` |
| Attribute | Parent Element | Type | Description |
| --------- | -------------- | ---- | ----------- |
| `away_score` | `timeline` - `event` | Integer | Away competitor point score |
| `break_name` | `timeline` - `event` | String | Brief description of a break event
ex. `1st_pause` |
| `competitor` | `timeline` - `event` | String | Designation of a competitor for a timeline event
`home`, `away` |
| `home_score` | `timeline` - `event` | Integer | Home competitor point score |
| `id` | `timeline` - `event` | Integer | Unique ID for a timeline event
ex. `1692895333` |
| `period` | `timeline` - `event` | Integer | Set number of a timeline event. Populates for each `period_score` event. |
| `period_name` | `timeline` - `event` | String | Period name of a timeline event, appearing at the beginning of a period
ex. `2nd_quarter` |
| `time` | `timeline` - `event` | Date-time | Timestamp of a timeline event
ex. `2024-04-16T20:49:49+00:00` |
| `type` | `timeline` - `event` | String | Type of timeline event
ex. `match_started`, `match_ended`, `period_start`, `break_start`, `score_change`, `period_score` |
| Attribute | Parent Element | Type | Description |
| --------- | -------------- | ---- | ----------- |
| `capacity` | `venue` | Integer | Capacity of a venue
ex. `30681` |
| `city_name` | `venue` | String | City name of a venue
ex. `Paris` |
| `country_code` | `venue` | String | Country code of a venue
ex. `FRA` (France) |
| `country_name` | `venue` | String | Country name of a venue
ex. `France` |
| `id` | `venue` | String | Unique ID of a venue
ex. `sr:venue:33530` |
| `map_coordinates` | `venue` | String | Coordinates of a venue
ex. `48.895844,2.230203` |
| `name` | `venue` | String | Name of a venue
ex. `Paris La Defense Arena` |
| `reduced_capacity` | `venue` | Boolean | Optional attribute signifying a venue has a restricted capacity when `true` |
| `reduced_capacity_max` | `venue` | Integer | Value of a venue's restricted capacity |
| `timezone` | `venue` | String | Timezone of a venue
ex. `Europe/Paris` |
# OpenAPI definition
```json
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`trial`, `production`",
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`en` (English)
English is the only fully supported language for this API. Click [here](https://api-docs.sportradar.us/misc/Sportradar_API_Languages.xlsx) for valid language codes and a tabular list of available languages per competition.",
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