Sports Update

  The question For years, little attention has been paid to the Swiss football cup. Especially in the early stages of the competition, there is little public interest. There are also rarely any surprises. Only from the semi-finals does the cup start to live and there is interest from the football fans and the media. […]

Hypercube provides an analysis on the impact of Covid-19 within the European professional football community and proposes which five steps to take next.

The question In Denmark the quality of football could use an impulse. Before the Danish League asked Hypercube for their support, a number of initiatives had already been taken without success. The biggest problem from a competitive perspective was related in the dominance of FC Copenhagen. Though good for this club, the competition had lost […]

Basketball is a small to medium-sized sport in the Netherlands and in Belgium. Nevertheless, the common market seems as large as that of Spain, where basketball is practiced at a higher level. A basketball competition in which both Dutch and Belgian teams can join, might in light of this finding relevant for investigation.

Is het mogelijk om een competitie te spelen tussen Ierland en Noord-Ierland? En zo ja, hoe zou zo een competitie er dan uit moeten zien? Uiteraard zijn de daarmee gepaard gaande vraagstukken (wat gebeurt er met de tickets voor de UEFA-toernooien?) eveneens behandeld.

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 […]

The question At the beginning of this millennium, the Belgians declined on the UEFA ranking. This ranking is important as this ranking determines how many teams from a country are allowed to play European football. Belgium used to be ninth on the ranking which means that Belgian champions have direct access to the Champions League. […]

The question Hypercube has been asked to develop a system to distribute the media benefits between clubs in a neat way. The criteria (e.g., sporting quality and talent development amongst others) were determined jointly. Hypercube had to develop the system based on those criteria. Hypercube’s advice Hypercube has set up a system by which media […]

The question In Denmark the quality of football could use an impulse. Before the Danish League asked Hypercube for their support, a number of initiatives had already been taken without success. The biggest problem from a competitive perspective was related in the dominance of FC Copenhagen. Though good for this club, the competition had lost […]