Cases

The sporting and commercial performances of FC Groningen declined in the 2018/2019 competitive season. Fans did no longer attend the matches and FC Groningen even feared for relegation. This is why FC Groningen asked Hypercube how to turn this tide.

The international volleyball season consists out of two parts: 1) National team season (May 15 to October 15) and 2) the club season (October 16 to May 14). From a commercial as well as sportive perspective this dichotomy has some negative effect. The FIVB has therefore asked Hypercube to develop a commercially interesting volleyball calendar in which there is sufficient rest for the top players.

The question The question of Sparta Rotterdam was whether it would be wise to expand the stadium including the number of business seats. Hypercube therefore prognosed the expected sporting quality for Sparta Rotterdam the coming years. This feasibility study consisted of a prognosis on sporting quality, a benchmark study, a costs estimation of renovation and […]

The question In PSV’s three-year policy plan, the club considered to reduce the player salaries to 21 million euros and to invest in the football stadium. They have asked Hypercube whether this would be a good idea. Hypercube’s advice Our analyses on data sets from PSV and Hypercube showed that an investment in the stadium […]

Heracles Almelo is a Dutch football club that promoted to the highest level in 2005. Ever since, it has ranked 9th to 12th, clearly staying out of danger of relegation – a remarkable performance. Their stadium, however, now doesn’t match the newly acquired status. Hypercube assisted Heracles Almelo in developing viable stadium plans and negotiated […]

The Feyenoord stadium in Rotterdam is an icon in Dutch Football, known by everybody by its moniker ‘De Kuip’ (or ‘the tub’). But it is now 75 years old, and even if the construction is still solid, the facilities are becoming outdated. Hypercube investigated the feasibility of a new stadium. 

Football is growing ever more accustomed to artificial grass. In the Netherlands, as of summer 2013, ten teams have such a pitch and there are at least four clubs that will switch in 2014 or 2015. Hypercube organized a tender that helped six of those clubs get artificial grass on very attractive conditions. 

Within a short periode of time three initiatives were presented to make a new ice rink for training purposes of the Dutch iceskating professionals and talents. The Dutch Olympic Committee (NOC*NSF) and the skating assocation (KNSB) had to make a choice, and wanted to do so in a fair way. Hypercube set up a tendering […]

The Netherlands and Belgium together made a bid for the organisation of the FIFA World Cup in 2018. In the end, Russia got the honour the organise them, but the preparations included a cost-benefit analysis that was reviewed by Hypercube. 

Some European clubs have a team that entirely consists of foreign players, which was by some perceived as an undesirable situation. It was proposed to apply a rule which would constrain the number of foreign players to 5. Hypercube studied the sportive and financial implications of the implementation of this 6+5 rule. 

Football associations are currently responsible for the transportation to and from away matches of their national A team. To reduce costs, UEFA offers...

The question Travelling by plane is expensive and the national football associations are responsible to cover the costs of their teams. This is why the UEFA asked Hypercube to assess possible reductions when air traffic transport is part of a collective program. Hypercube’s advice Hypercube has calculated the possible cost savings and associated conditions for […]