What is HockeyAssistant?

Actions of championship editor shows the name, abbreviation, icon of all the defined actions in this project. Using Actions of championship editor any action can be modified and localized. In the to-do list editor you can determine what should happen if the user clicks on an icon of an action in Match Editor.

In the left side list HockeyAssistant shows all the defined actions grouped by Ball statistics, Goals, Player statistics, Warning cards and System.

• If you click on an action name then HockeyAssistant will show the details of the actions in the “To do” list and the Titles and Abbreviations lists.
• If an action is checked then icon of the action will be shown in Match Editor. Disabled actions will be hidden and cannot be added to any match.
• If you double click on the action icon then you can assign a new icon to that action. (161x16 pixels PNG type image file).
• Name of the action shown in the tooltip of the action icon in Match Editor. If you stop the cursor over an action of Match Editor this text will be displayed (+ the abbreviation of the action). Name of the action can be edited in Titles and abbreviations by double clicking on description and/or abbreviation.
• The left bottom goal count box shows how many goals will be added to the match result if a player scores FG2. For example, later if FIH introduces the Triplet (3-points FG goal) then you can set the Goal count = 3 in this editor.
• The To do list contains the collection of functions which must be executed if the user adds a new event to the match.

Available functions:

For example, when you click the FG (field goal) icon in Match editor then 5 different things will happen

1. A new Field goal event will be added
2. A new Shot at goal event will be added
3. A new Shot on target event will be added
4. Next, we will change the ball possession to the team who received the goal. (They will restart the game with a centre pass)
5. Finally - if enabled - we will show the Assists dialog in order to select the player who gave the goal pass.

With Warning Cards editor you can specify what kind of penalty is given if a player/team official receives a warning card.

• Maximum card count: Maximum number of the cards the player can receive during a match.
• Suspend player after: After how many cards the player is suspended.
• Type of suspension: The type of the suspension (None, temporary, permanent).
• Duration of the suspension: Duration of the suspension in minutes.

With Point Editor you can specify how many points a team earns after a won, draw or lost matches. The editor makes it possible to add "extra points" if the goal difference is grater or less than the specified, like in EHL or EHF club championships.

Points for winner of the match

• Points: Number of points. (3)
• Bonus points : Number of bonus points if the goal difference of the match is greater or equal than the limit.

Points for both teams on a draw match

• Points: Number of points. (1)
• Bonus points: Number of bonus points to the winner of the Penalty Stroke Competition.

Points for loser of the match

• Points: Number of points (0)
• Bonus points: Number of bonus points if the goal difference of the match is less or equal than the limit.

The ranking rules determine which team wins the tournament, which is the 2nd place team and so on. If you have a single pool, no semi-finals or finals then the ranking rules are identical with the ranking rules of the group matches of the pool(s).

However, sometimes – like in the Olympic Games Rio 2016 – we have special ranking rules. We might have finals for the 1st and the 3rd places, we might have "relegation", which is decided by which teams are ranked last in group 'D', and we might also have "promotion", which is decided by which teams are ranked first in group ‘A’.

• Rank: The ranking number (First, second, third… place). Sometimes you need two or more teams ranked to the same place.
• Rule: Contains the available ranking rules.
  • Ranking place in pool: For example team 1.A, which means first place ranked team in pool "A".
  • Winner of match: For example winner of the match #35.
  • Loser of match: For example looser of the match #35.
• Note: There might be important to add notes to the ranking riles especially they determine the relegation of promotion the teams for the next year tournaments. The notes of ranking places appears in Championship information form and the championship report.

With the match designer you create the schedule of the championship, specify which teams play on which match, date and time of matches. By default, when you create a new championship HockeyAssistant automatically generates the pool matches, semi-finals, finals for 1st and 3rd places or the Final Four (if required). With the match designer you can add extra matches by hand.

General match data

• Unique match identifier: Every match in a championship has a unique ID number beginning from 1 up to the count of matches. HockeyAssistant refers to a match using its ID number. You also will use the match ID when you add participants to a match when the participant of the new match are winner or loser of another match.
• Participating teams: Shows the identifier and name of the participating teams.
• Match day and time: Show when the match begins.

Host and guest team selectors

• Type: The team type drop down list contains how the team is assigned to this match.
  • Team index in pool: Teams are indexed from 1 to N in each pool. If you select this option then the participant team is assigned from the selected pool using the specified index. For example if the team index = 2 and you select the pool A then A2 (second team from pool A) team will be assigned to the match.
  • Team rank number in pool: Teams are automatically ranked when you enter match events from the match sheet or when the match is played. If you select this option then the participant team is assigned from the selected pool using team ranking number. For example: if the team ranking = 4 and you select pool B then the 4th place team will be assigned to the match (4.B)
  • Winner of match: The participant team will be the winner of the given match index (Match ID). For example if you select the match ID = 30 then the winner of the match#30 will be assigned to the match. (30. winner).
  • Loser of match:  The participant team will be the loser of the given match index (Match ID). For example if you select the match ID = 30 then the loser of the match#30 will be assigned to the match. (30. loser)
• Match result inheritance: In some cases the teams carry forward the result of their match played in the pool. If you add a match but the teams already have the same match in the pool round you might want to check the “Enable match results inheritance” check box. Once result inheritance is enabled you can’t edit the match and you can’t enter the result. The result of the “inherited” matches will be automatically set from the match result played earlier between same teams.

Championship wizard helps you to edit the several settings of a championship. The wizard has 14 steps. Each step is represented by a tile. Every tile has an icon, title and short description of that step. The steps are grouped to Basic settings (blue), Details (green) and Advanced settings (Indian red).

Print preview of the appointment sheet report shows the EHF/FIH standard format appointment sheets.

Championship report contains match sheets of all the finished matches, ranking of all the pools, ranking of the championship, list of goal scorers and warning card owners.

Print preview of the match report shows the EHF/FIH standard format match sheet. If the match was decided with penalty stroke competition then it's report is also shown on a new page.

Team statistics view shows that how many times and in which events the players of the selected team took part. For example Moritz Fürste (21, Germany) has no field goal, 2 penalty corner goals, 2 penalty stroke goals, 7 shots at goal, 7 shots on target, has 1 green card but no yellow cards, and played on 8 matches.

Warnings tab shows the list of all green, yellow or red cards received by players during the tournament. By default the player with the largest count of cards are on the top of the list. The table shows the total warnings statistics in the header of the spreadsheet. In the bottom panel, the Warnings tab also shows on which match(es) the selected player received the card(s).

Goal Scorers tab shows the list of all goal scorers of a tournament. By default the best goal scorers are on the top of the list. The goal scorers list shows the count of the field, penalty corner, penalty shot, goal assists and the total goals of players. The table also shows the total goals statistics in the header of the spreadsheet. In the bottom panel, the Warnings tab also shows on which match(es) the selected player scored the goals(s).

Team Ranking tab shows ranking of the Pool B teams based on the available and finished matches.

• Rank: Rank order of the team
• Team: Name of the team
• M: Number of matches played
• W: Number of matches won
• D: Number of matches drawn
• G+: Goal scored by the team
• G-: Goal scored against the team
• Diff: Goal difference
• P: Number of points
• Note: There might be penalty points subtracted from the team. It is also possible that the team was disqualified. These are shown in the Note column.

Team Ranking tab shows ranking of the Pool A teams based on the available and finished matches.

• Rank: Rank order of the team
• Team: Name of the team
• M: Number of matches played
• W: Number of matches won
• D: Number of matches drawn
• G+: Goal scored by the team
• G-: Goal scored against the team
• Diff: Goal difference
• P: Number of points
• Note: There might be penalty points subtracted from the team. It is also possible that the team was disqualified. These are shown in the Note column.

Team Ranking tab shows final ranking of the championship based on the available and finished matches. Final or Championship ranking might show the teams ranking only without the details. This happens when you have finals, and semifinals to decide the championship and the ranking places.

Quick entry bar is a revolutionary editor to add match events easily. If you work from a match sheet in Results entry mode then you do not have to do anything else just type the numbers and the action abbreviations in the same order as those are printed on the Match Sheet.

In order to add the highlighted goal in the picture above, you need to do the followings:

1. Click on any player of Spain
2. On your keyboard type 53. The status bar of the Match editor will show the Quick Entry Bar. 53 stands for the 53rd minute.
3. Press TABkey. The player name list will be selected.
4. On your keyboard type 23. 23 is the shirt number of the goal scorer.
5. Press TABkey. The action list box will be selected.
6. On your keyboard type FG. FG is abbreviation of Field Goal.
7. Press ENTERkey. The field goal by number 23, Oliva G. in the 53rd minute will be added to the match.

Even it can be simpler: If the Match Sheet is available in MS Word, Excel or Adobe PDF Format (Searchable text, not image) then you need to select the goal table and you can import it with Match tab/Match Events group\Import events button. That’s all.

Match editor is the most important part of HockeyAssistant. Many events happen during a match. An event can be any type of action, like a scored goal, a received yellow card, a shot at goal, a shot on target, a save a personal foul etc. Using match editor we can capture match events as they happen.

Match Editor shows the shirt/short/socks color and the name of the participating teams, the result of the match, the clock and the time-out request(s) on a simulated stadium display.

In the left side of the editor you find the list of the available players of the HOST team, while the GUEST team’s players are shown in the right side of the form (Teams can be swapped using Change Teams button in the toolbar). In the middle section you see the match time-line, which is a filterable list of the match events sorted by time.

The status bar – by default – shows the match officials: TD, TO, Umpires and Judges, but when you begin to type in an event then it shows the Quick Entry Bar(QEB). Using the QEB you can enter match events very easy with minimal key presses.

If you are in the hall or in the stadium where the teams play the match - with your notebook PC (or tablet) running HockeyAssistant - then you can enter the match events exactly when they happen. Just select the player and click on the appropriate action button to add an event to the match. In Capture Match mode HockeyAssistant measures the match time and you can enter any match event as the match goes. You can also keep track the ball possession of the team, number of faults, short corners and other statistics.

The Olympic Games Rio 2016 project can be found in Documents\HockeyAssistant3\Projects\Olimpic Games\2016\od_olympic_2016.hapx file. The project contains both the mean and the women tournaments. It is a very nice tool to learn using and make familiar with HockeyAssistant.

Match overall statistics tab shows the ball possession chart of the teams and the count of events for both teams, like field/penalty corner/penalty shot goals, saves, faults, shot on target, shot at goals and warnings. Note that only those events appear in the horizontal bar diagrams which were captured/entered during the match.