Wisehockey and Kontitental Hockey League (KHL) have started league-wide collaboration by signing a six-year contract. Wisehockey’s automatic real-time sport analytics platform was installed to every KHL arena from Riga to Vladivostok in a little over two months during the summer. The system is used every day in the 2019–2020 season, first implemented at the beginning of September. Over a thousand digitalized games will be played this season, and KHL offers every team access to real-time game statistics.
The Finnish ice hockey analytics innovation convinced KHL quickly. Negotiations started in January 2019 when the Wisehockey system was piloted in an All-Star game in Kazan.
Taking the leap to the arenas of a multinational professional league in such a short time was possible because Wisehockey developers had set their minds on the global market already at the beginning. The system and related equipment can be installed to new environments quickly. Installation work in all KHL arenas from Riga to Vladivostok and Shenzhen was finished in a little over two months. Smart pucks and chips have been part on all games in every KHL arena during the current 2019–2020 season. Data produced by the Wisehockey system has been utilized in a variety of ways both during and after games.
Wisehockey CEO Tomi Mikkonen summarizes the past year: “As an entrepreneur you must follow your vision even if people around you think it’s completely mad. We’ve been working very hard for Wisehockey’s success, and expanding to the global market has been our goal since Wisehockey started. The contract with KHL is the best possible opening for Wisehockey’s international success.”
The digitalization of all games and implementing real-time analytics in coaching and entertainment services is part of KHL’s long-term strategy. Data produced by Wisehockey was prominently present already in the All-Star game this year, but the digitalization of all games creates a basis for a wide range of new features. “The fastest growing field in betting is live betting, and Wisehockey can help to take it to the next level. We are also working on new entertainment services that would have been impossible before our automatic and real-time technology. The first new features will be launched during the current season,” tells Head of Sales Miska Kuusisto.
Sergey Dobrokhvalov, KHL Vice President for Marketing and Communications says: “Part of the KHL Strategy adopted by KHL Board of Directors on 2017 is use of innovative approaches to all league activities and initiatives. The use of sporting telematics fits perfectly into this concept. We are glad that the product of our cooperation with Wisehockey already as 12th KHL season got underway highlights the availability of new statistical data about every game, thanks to the installation of new “smart” technology in every arena used by the league. The KHL is the first league in the world to implement the system throughout all venue and games of the championship. The main audience is our clubs and fans. During the games, the coaching staff can access in-depth analysis which they can see in real time, with no waiting to gather and collate information. Fans will see new data via the website, via the app, on KHL-TV channels and on jumbotron during the games”.
Wisehockey in short
The Wisehockey system is an automatic real-time sport analytics platform that utilizes the accurate indoor positioning technology of the Finnish company Quuppa. The Wisehockey system automatically gathers and analyzes game data and presents it to users in a graphic and easy-to-use format.
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More information:
Mr. Tomi Mikkonen, CEO, +358 50 587 4324, [email protected]
Mr. Miska Kuusisto, Head of Sales, +358 50 480 3658, [email protected]
Mr. Mika Hulkki, Head of Product Management, +358 50 086 6267, [email protected]
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