Handball API

Coverage Node Change

Release Date	Feeds Affected	Benefit
02/26/2024	Competitor Summaries	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`

Release Date

Feeds Affected

Benefit

02/26/2024

Competitor Summaries

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 Sample
<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 Sample
<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>

Update applies to: Handball v2