 Galanis
Sports Data was
founded in 1984. The company provides computerized coverage of all
sports events, while it offers to event organizers all necessary
information in various forms and media, such as hard copies,
printed material, CD-ROMs, DVDs, electronic updating, closed
TV-circuits, TV-inserts, Internet, mobile communication and
telephony, etc. The company covers all these events using its own
personnel (300 experts all over Greece), hardware and software by
in-situ collection of data and results and on-line data
processing, management and presentation.
Over the past 21 years, Galanis Sports Data has gained
valuable experience and wide recognition by covering and/or
organizing a multitude of various events, on both national and
international level.
During the past decade the company has undertaken, on behalf of
the Hellenic Basketball Clubs’ Association (ESAKE), the official
statistical coverage of all matches of the Division A1 Basketball
Championship as well as the Division A2 Competition on behalf of
the Hellenic Basketball Federation (EOK). In addition, it is
responsible for the National and A’ Division of the Professional
Football Championship on behalf of the Hellenic Football
Federation (EPAE), the Division A1 Men and Women Volleyball
Championships on behalf of the Hellenic Volleyball Federation (EOPE),
the Division A1 Men Handball Championship on behalf of the
Hellenic Handball Federation (HHF), the National Waterpolo
Championship on behalf of EKOF and Rally competitions on behalf of
ELPA.
Galanis Sports Data also covers all European competition
matches for the Greek teams in football, basketball, volleyball,
handball and waterpolo matches and has extensive collaboration
with all television channels.
During the course of a typical year, over 2500 events are covered
in team sports and an approximate 50 competition days in
individual sports as in athletics, weightlifting, chess, swimming,
gymnastics, etc.
Galanis Sports Data has covered almost all major athletic events
which have been held in Greece including the 9th European
Veterans’ Track & Field Championships (1994), Cosmovolley
(1994), Eurovolley (1995), the VI IAFF World Marathon
Cup (1995), Eurobasket (1995), Junior’s Mundobasket
(1995), WorldBasket (1998), European Men’s Basketball
FINAL FOUR (2000), IAAF Grand Prix “Tsiklitiria”
(1998-2004) and the 47th Acropolis Rally (2000). For the
current season the company has covered World Youth Chess
Championships, the European Weightlifting Championships,
FIVB World Tour (Men-Women), the 7th Basketball World
Championship for Junior Men.and the 29th Europoean
Basketball Championship for Women. On the international scene, the
company covered the World Weightlifting Championships in Vancouver,
Canada, the European Women’s Basketball FINAL FOUR
in Sofia, Bulgaria, the European Men’s Basketball FINAL FOUR
in Rome, Italy, the National Championships in Football and
Basketball in Cyprus and the Israeli Football Championship.
Accreditation services are provided by Galanis Sports Data,
which has developed an application that fully covers the needs of
the sports organizers, including
circulation studies and maps, and
was used with great success in the European Veterans' Track &
Field Championships, Cosmovolley '94, Eurobasket '95, Eurovolley
'96, the Centennial FIVB World Congress, the World Basket Congress
'98, Worldbasket '98, Euroleague Final Four (2000), 65th World
Congress of AIPS, Athens Grand Prix “Tsiklitiria” (2000-2003),
World Youth Chess Championships (2002), FIVB World Tour (2002 &
2003), 7th Basketball World Championship for Junior Men (2003),
etc.
As part of the preparations for the Athens 2004 Olympic
Games, the company undertook the accreditation services for four
Test Events during the months of July and August 2003
(Canoe Kayak, Rowing, Sailing, Cycling)
Technical analyses based on the processed data are
performed on behalf of various teams and federations. Selected
topics are examined in co-operation with various universities and
conclusions are published. Daily newspapers host articles
presented in popular form on a weekly basis.
Internet activity includes the development of a model used
for the official WorldBasket ’98 site with on-line full statistics
for every match for the first time in Europe. The site was
designed, prepared and handled by Galanis Sports Data and
created a record of 10 million hits over the period of the games.
In addition, the company has designed and is updating the official
sites of ESAKE (www.esake.gr) with official statistics for
all players and teams, the Hellenic Weightlifting Federation (www.weightlifting.gr),
the Hellenic Chess Federation (www.chessfed.gr), etc. The
company also develops web-based applications with games, which use
on-line player and/or team statistics during the course of the
games.
Last but not least, Galanis Sports Data designed and
produced multimedia CD-ROMs for Olympiacos Basketball Club, the
Hellenic Weightlifting Federation, World Chess Championships, etc.
Publication include
“SERVICE”, the official monthly newsletter of CEV (European
Volleyball Confederation), which was in circulation from 1993 to
1996, “Hellenic Basketball Report”, a monthly basketball
report servicing NBA teams, as well as the yearly HEBA
Basketball Guide. In addition to the above, the company
prepared the official presentation for the 1998 World Men’s
Basketball Championship. For 5 consecutive years since 1999,
Galanis Sports Data published "Sports Dates", a diary
presenting a chronology of the most significant sports events of
the past on a day-to-day basis. Also since 1999, “Galanis Scouting
Report” – a concise guide of Greek Basketball has been available
to all Internet users via the company’s website.
Election service was provided by means of on-line
presentation of results for MEGA Channel in 1991 and Antenna TV in
1998, 1999, 2000 and 2002.Galanis Sports Data has
developed a ticketing application, which operates for on and off line ticket sales, monitors the disposal
/ revenues and provides security controls,
visualization of seats, sectors etc. In parallel,
tailor-made applications for teams and federations
covering all administrative, operational and competition needs,
including Internet applications are provided.
Scouting covers all areas of specialized data and
statistical information analysis and their presentation via the
Internet, CD-ROMs and printed material, on behalf of players /
teams, coaches and the Press.
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