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• Sport *  
  
  • Competition *
    
    • Season *
      
      • Stage
        
        • Group
          
          • Event *
            
            • Round
            • Event details *
            • Participants *
              • Results *
              • Statistics *
              • Lineups
            • Incidents
              
              

* This objects are always exists in the data tree. Other could be used Others are optional and depend on sport or competition.

Below you'll find a detailed explanation of some terms:

Competition (League)

A competition is a form of tournament where teams or individual athletes compete against each other in a specific sport. It can be a national league for soccer or a basketball World Cup tournament. Each competition belongs to a sport. The list of available sports is presented in the Sports section. A competition could be part of a tour e.g. The men's Wimbledon competition is part of the ATP Tour, the Women's Wimbledon competition is part of the WTA Tour, the cycling race "Giro Italia" is related to the UCI Tour. The used tours list can be found in the API resource: tours.index. Each competition has its own unique ID and the structure of the competition object is the same across all sports. Detailed information about competitions can be found in the API resource: competitions.index

Some examples of competitions:

• Premiership

• Bundesliga

• Wimbledon

• World Cup

Season (League season)

A season is the period of time/year that a competition is played in, this means that one competition can be related to multiple seasons. Each season will have its own unique ID and belong to a competition. The structure of the season object is the same across all sports. Detailed information about the season structure can be found in the API resource: seasons.index

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• Premiership 2015/16

• Premiership 2014/15

• Wimbledon 2014

• World Cup 2010

• World Cup 2014

Stage (Season stage)

An event could optionally belong to a stage. A stage is a part of a season e.g. for the Euro Championship in 2008 there were 2 stages: Group stage and Playoff stage. For NBA 2014/15 we also have 2 stages: Regular season and Playoffs. Stages belong to seasons. The used stages list can be found in the API resource: stages.index
Some examples of stages:

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