Transforming Hockey Tournament Management
EuroHockey is a centralised, cloud-based digital platform designed to manage and streamline tournament operations, governance, and stakeholder engagement across European hockey competitions. The platform enables administrators to manage fixtures, results, competitions, memberships, and registrations through a unified system. Clubs, players, and officials can access secure role-based dashboards to handle licensing, registrations, and competition participation efficiently. An integrated content management system (CMS) allows real-time publishing of news, media assets, and announcements. Automated scheduling, live match updates, and real-time reporting improve operational transparency and reduce manual effort. Built on a scalable cloud-native architecture, the platform supports multiple simultaneous tournaments and high-traffic international events. Secure governance controls, audit trails, and compliance management ensure consistent and regulated operations across federations.
The Client
Name: Tom Pedersen-Smith | Head of Strategy & Development
Allan Jobling | Consultant
The Challenge
- Fragmented Systems Across Operations
Competition management, content publishing, and stakeholder engagement were spread across multiple disconnected platforms, resulting in no single source of truth. - Manual Workflow Dependencies
Fixtures, results, approvals, registrations, and reporting required extensive manual intervention, increasing the risk of errors and operational delays. - Limited Real-Time Visibility
Organizers, federations, and fans lacked reliable real-time access to match updates, standings, and competition insights during live events. - Scalability during High-Traffic Events
Existing systems struggled to handle international finals and multiple simultaneous tournaments across regions. - Governance and Compliance Complexity
Inconsistent role-based access control, secure workflows, and regulatory reporting created governance challenges across federations, clubs, and officials.
Technologies Used
Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Oracle Cloud, Salesforce Platform, Python, Java, C++, JavaScript, Go, Swift, Kotlin, Django, Spring Boot, Rails, Laravel, Angular, React, Vue.js, Stripe, PayPal, Braintree, Cybersource, Barclays, WorldPay, TensorFlow, PyTorch, Scikit-learn, Keras, spaCy
The Solution
- Unified Centralized Platform
Consolidated competition management, content publishing, and stakeholder engagement into a single integrated system, creating one reliable source of truth across all operations. - Workflow Automation & Process Digitization
Replaced manual processes for fixtures, results, approvals, registrations, and reporting with automated workflows to reduce errors and improve efficiency. - Real-Time Data & Live Reporting Engine
Implemented real-time match updates, standings, analytics, and reporting tools to provide organizers, federations, and fans with up-to-the-minute visibility. - Cloud-Native Scalable Infrastructure
Built a modular, cloud-based architecture capable of handling multiple simultaneous tournaments and high-traffic international events without performance issues. - Advanced Governance & Role-Based Access Control
Introduced secure role-based access, audit trails, and compliance workflows to ensure consistent governance and regulatory adherence across federations, clubs, and officials.
The Results
The collaborative efforts between Dotsquares and EuroHockey resulted in a robust, scalable, and future-ready digital platform that delivered measurable impact:
- Centralized competitions, content, and memberships into one unified system.
- Automated fixtures, registrations, and reporting to reduce manual work.
- Enabled real-time match updates and live standings.
- Implemented secure role-based access and governance controls.
- Built a cloud-native platform supporting multiple high-traffic tournaments.
- Enhanced fan and stakeholder engagement through integrated CMS.
- Improved decision-making with real-time analytics.
- Delivered transparent, tamper-proof ownership records stored on the blockchain.
- Built a scalable and secure infrastructure supporting global cross-border investors.
