A machine learning algorithm which could be used to improve performance won the Manchester City hackathon.
The first football data hackathon held by a Premier League club attracted 400 applications from over 40 countries, with 60 making the final cut.
Those finalists, experts and students from the fields of tech, data and digital product design, were organised into 12 teams.
The #HackMCFC event gave the teams access to performance analysis systems as well as player and match data.
They were tasked with uncovering new insights into player performance by combining datasets from Opta and ChyronHego.
The winning algorithm developed by Ben Low, Ben Blackmore, Steven Hassall, Paul Robinson and Lasse Folkersen focused on decision-making in games.
Its potential for future implementation in match analysis impressed judges, who awarded them the 拢7,000 cash prize.
鈥淪everal of us have been to hackathons in the past, but nothing like this,鈥� said the winning team.
鈥淭he quality of the datasets we had access to were unparalleled and the amazing facilities at the City Football Academy made this the ideal environment to innovate in.
鈥淭here was an incredible buzz across the whole weekend and having the opportunity to meet and work with new people who had completely different backgrounds allowed us to really push our boundaries.
鈥淢anchester City is a world class club and it has been an absolute privilege to be involved in such an inspiring event.鈥�
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Edward Sulley, head of research and innovation for City Football Services, commented: 鈥淲e are delighted with the success of Manchester City鈥檚 first football data hackathon.
鈥淎cross the City Football Group, we constantly strive to challenge ourselves to develop innovative ways of enhancing player performance and we believe good ideas can come from anywhere.
鈥淭he skills and talents this weekend鈥檚 participants demonstrated have opened up several insightful concepts and ideas and we look forward to exploring some of these further.
鈥淕oing forward, we want to continue exploring opportunities using this method of open innovation, both here in Manchester and at our sister clubs in New York, Melbourne and Japan.鈥�
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