New date: May 11 and 12, 2022
After the original date in March 2020 was postponed in joint agreement with our partners DFL Deutsche Fußball Liga and Sportscast, due to the Covid-19 pandemic, a new date has now been set. The next SportsInnovation will take place on May 11 and 12, 2022 at the MERKUR SPIEL-ARENA in Düsseldorf.

FROM FOOTBALL – FOR SPORTS
Sport in the (high) performance area – not only in football – is characterised by a high degree of professionalism, before, during and after the match. SportsInnovation takes up these elements.
Together with its partner DFL Deutsche Fussball Liga, the recognised innovation driver in top-level sports, Messe Düsseldorf offers a
platform for interaction, exchange around sport and its media exploitation. Several live matches in the MERKUR SPIEL-ARENA serve as a test platform for established service providers and start-ups and provide all participants with an exclusive look at technologies of the present and future.
ONE TECHNOLOGY PLATFORM – LARGE BANDWIDTH
SportsInnovation emerged from the DFL Innovation Match 2015 – but was not only created for football.SportsInnovation adresses a broad spectrum of sports. Learn and benefi t from one another!
SportsInnovation is the place where suppliers and decision-makers from clubs, federations and organizations involved in elite sports meet.
The broad spectrum covers five subject areas:
- match analysis
- broadcasting
- stadium experience
- matches & tournaments
- digital services

TARGET VISITOR GROUPS
The SPORTSINNOVATION is directed at
Companies in the broadcasting industry, Media partners, New Technology, Marketers, Digital solutions, Club reps for German pro leagues (Training staff, Analysts, Youth development centers, Sports medicine), International pro leagues, Sports associations (Trainers, Analysts, Training center directors), Sports venue operators, Sports science

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The first ever SportsInnovation 2018 got off to a great start in the trade fair market. From May 8th to May 9th 2018, Messe Düsseldorf organized this exciting technology and industry platform, in conjunction with the DFL, the German Football League, which is an innovative force in international elite sports. SportsInnovation is not only a technology park around the football court, but offers an
exclusive look at state-of-the-art technologies of the present and trends of the future. It combines presentations by exhibitors in the lodges and in the MERKUR Business Club of the Düsseldorf MERKUR SPIEL-ARENA with a high-class specialist programme and live showcases on stage on the key topics of broadcasting, match analysis, match & competition and stadium experience.
FACTS & FIGURES SPORTSINNOVATION 2018
EXHIBITORS
91% satisfaction
VISITORS
more than 95% satisfaction
COUNTRIES
100% Internationality
MERKUR SPIEL-ARENA

Andreas Heyden
CEO, DFL Digital Sports GmbH
Executive Vice President Digital Innovations, DFL Group

THE SPORTSINNOVATION DRIVERS
D.LIVE with its “Sportstadt Düsseldorf” brand is the organiser of the SportsInnovation. Sportstadt Düsseldorf stands for innovation and great experience in the field of major sporting events.
The DFL is responsible for the organisation and marketing of German professional football and inspires people worldwide with the best football entertainment.
The B2B event organiser Spielmacher who has been able to set standards in the contemporary presentation and implementation of sports business events, will be responsible for the content of the conference programme as well as sales .
With its subsidiary Sportcast, it is also an innovation driver in the field of the latest production technology, match data and sports technologies.
Deltatre is a gold sponsor at the SportsInnovation because the SportsInnovation offers Deltatre the ideal presentation platform as the market leader in the sports media industry, which regularly sets standards worldwide for the innovative use of sports media.
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CO-HOST

CONCEPTUAL SPONSOR

IN COOPERATION WITH

GOLDSPONSOR

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