Fourteen roles, one Data Space: eight roles are to exchange real data from November 2026
Federations, leagues, clubs, arenas, sponsors, and other roles exchange data in Sport-X under shared rules. Each role gets a concrete benefit in money or time.
- 0Starting point: real Participants
- 5by the end of November 2026
- 12by December 18, 2026
Eight roles start in the pilot, four follow in the rollout, two stay in the lab
Six core roles sit at the center of sports
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Federation
Stage 1: pilot from November 2026
Reads statistics and venue records directly from clubs and arenas, instead of collecting them by form.
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League
Stage 1: pilot from November 2026
Receives verified attendance figures for every match day and no longer reconciles them by hand.
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Club
Stage 1: pilot from November 2026
Proves the sponsor's benefits as a Credential, so the payment arrives sooner. Reports statistics once instead of several times.
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Arena
Stage 1: pilot from November 2026
Files the venue's inspection records once. League, federation, and city read along, and the phone round disappears.
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Media
Stage 1: pilot from November 2026
Reads the schedule as a feed and receives verified figures, instead of copying them by hand.
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Sponsor
Stage 1: pilot from November 2026
Retrieves the Credential for the agreed benefits and sees verified proof of what the payment buys.
Ticketing and public authorities start early, equipment suppliers and insurers follow
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Ticketing
Stage 1: pilot from November 2026
Reconciles sales with the club and delivers verified attendance figures to the league and trade media.
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Public authority
Stage 1: pilot from November 2026
Reads records and statistics from arenas and clubs. The city sees match days and usage without requesting data.
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Equipment supplier
Stage 2: rollout until December 2026
Sees the fan shop sell-through of a club and commits to a firm restock date.
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Insurer
Stage 2: rollout until December 2026
Reads the inspection records of an arena directly and does not have to request them one by one.
Four roles follow later or show their function in the lab
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Logistics and mobility
Stage 2: rollout until December 2026
Plans arrival and traffic around the arena's match days, instead of asking for them.
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Energy supplier
Stage 2: rollout until December 2026
Receives the energy use per hour of an arena and plans supply and load more precisely.
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Youth
Lab: synthetic data
Shows in the lab, with synthetic data, how parental consent works as a Credential. No real data of minors flows for now.
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Agency and research
Lab: synthetic data
Reads verified figures for studies and campaigns. For now, the role shows its function only in the lab, with synthetic data.
Today there are no real Participants yet, and the number grows from November
Sport-X is in the setup phase. No real Participant uses the Data Space today. All demos run with synthetic data.
The goal: five real Participants by the end of November 2026 and twelve by December 18, 2026. For 2027, more than 25 organizations should commit to joining with a letter of intent.
A letter of intent is not a contract. An organization counts as a Participant once a participation contract, a Data Hub (nexyo fabric), and a MembershipCredential are in place. At least one real exchange follows.