Insights into match statistics take the sport to a completely new level
Systematic is offering a new analytics tool for coaches, players, commentators, referees etc.
Perhaps you have been avidly following the European Men’s Handball Championship?
At this championship commentators on some networks have been able to bring completely new statistics into play. Such statistics may be equally useful for players, coaches, referees, agents and many others.
Systematic has developed a solution which is able to visualise large data volumes about handball players and teams from across Europe, from national handball tournaments, Champions League as well as tournaments like the European and world championships.
Such data and knowledge are not just of benefit for sports commentators – it is also of the greatest value for coaches, players, clubs, agents and referees. As a supplement to watching videos of matches, it is now possible to extract and combine facts in countless different ways.
Our journalists and commentators know a lot about handball, but the detailed facts, statistics and comparisons that we can extract from this data is not something that even seasoned sports experts with sticky memories can spout off the tops of their heads. It means that we can inform our viewers and give them surprising facts and details in a way that provide a more nuanced coverage of the matches.
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Denmark’s Mikkel Hansen performs better in 6v6 attack formation rather than 7v6. In 6v6, his score rate is 10% higher. He is particularly good against 5:1 defence formations – where his score rate is 12% higher than against ordinary 6v6 formations.
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Mikkel Hansen is still a crucial player as he scores most of his goals in the last 20 minutes of the matches. If you look at the last 20 minutes, Mikkel Hansen is the best player of all in the tournament with a score rate of 88%.
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During the European Championship, Danish player Mathias Gidsel has been heads above the other right backs. He has a high score rate, and makes very few technical errors. (Read the full article (in Danish) here: You wouldn’t have though it was humanly possible, says an astonished expert on the Gidsel stats)
Players and coaches can use the tool to improve their game and team formations, but also to analyse their opponents and decide on the best tactics for upcoming matches.
Referees can study how they officiate matches compared to other referees, which can be instructive and help to ensure more consistent decisions in handball in general.
Agents will be able to use the data to improve their negotiating position when buying or selling players.
The data is based on videos of handball matches from national handball tournaments and Champions League matches over the last three seasons as well as from the 2020 Summer Olympics, the 2021 World Handball Championship and the 2022 European Handball Championship.
Based on the available data, Systematic has developed a sports solution that provides a data-based overview of performance for handball teams and players.
The solution contains data for a variety of parameters, but what is unique is the way the data can be combined across categories.
