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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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