{"id":1080,"date":"2018-04-20T17:02:03","date_gmt":"2018-04-20T15:02:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.soccerlab.com\/?p=1080"},"modified":"2018-05-14T14:30:56","modified_gmt":"2018-05-14T12:30:56","slug":"soccerlab-tennislife-join-the-cronos-group","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.soccerlab.com\/index.php\/2018\/04\/20\/soccerlab-tennislife-join-the-cronos-group\/","title":{"rendered":"SoccerLAB &#038; TennisLife join The Cronos group"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>We are very pleased to announce that\u00a0<\/em>QuESD<em> NV has become part of The\u00a0<strong>Cronos Group<\/strong> as of 5th of April.<\/em><br \/>\n<em>The Cronos Group is the <strong>largest tech group in Belgium<\/strong> with more than 4,500 employees active in various sectors.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>SoccerLAB and subsidiary TennisLife (QuESD NV) have been successfully helping professional sports clubs and organisations for years\u00a0with their talent management. Through the collaboration with The Cronos Group, <strong>SoccerLAB<\/strong> hopes to\u00a0shift to a higher gear. This collaboration will allow them to offer their customers even more knowledge\u00a0and insights about their players. In this way,\u00a0a springboard is created, allowing further international growth. The Cronos Group is again focusing on innovation, this time\u00a0at the crossroads of data analysis, artificial intelligence and sport.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cWe are happy to\u00a0be part of The Cronos Group. SoccerLAB is internationally successful and this gives us the opportunity to <strong>grow<\/strong> even <strong>faster<\/strong>. The use of data is becoming increasingly important in the sports world.\u00a0In addition to football, with TennisLife, we have taken the first steps towards expanding into other sports.\u00a0Thanks to the support from The Cronos Group, we can\u00a0shift to a higher gear\u201d,\u00a0Eddy Schuurmans &amp; Jim Kunnen relate\u00a0&#8211; Founders\u00a0of SoccerLAB.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThe use of data is becoming increasingly important in the sports world.\u00a0SoccerLAB contributes to our larger sports story where we want to focus even more on innovation, technology and sports science. As a group today, we are strongly committed to data analysis and artificial intelligence. You need relevant data for this. SoccerLAB offers us the data with which we can get started. In this manner, we can offer sports clubs more and greater insights about their players.\u201d says Wim Vanden Driessche, The Cronos Group.\u00a0<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>SoccerLAB is a successful spin-off of UHasselt. The Cronos Group has been working together with <strong>UHasselt<\/strong> for some time through its Limburg subsidiary Wingmen in specific domains where\u00a0this collaboration is the next logical step.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWingmen offers entrepreneurs in Limburg a solid springboard. Together with UHasselt, we are bringing together certain things such as data analysis, science and entrepreneurship within specific domains\u201d, Ann Simons, Founder of <strong>Wingmen<\/strong>,\u00a0explains.<\/p>\n<p><strong>About SoccerLAB and TennisLife<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>SoccerLAB &amp; TennisLife are management software programs\u00a0for clubs, academies and federations.\u00a0By using new technologies, the clubs can better follow up and develop their players and talented youth players. They make sports clubs more successful by centrally managing video and data analysis of players, teams, matches and training.<\/p>\n<p>SoccerLAB has been supporting clubs for more than 10 years, including\u00a0Bayer Leverkusen, PSV Eindhoven, Club Brugge and\u00a0Qatar Aspire Academy.\u00a0The Dutch tennis federation tracks its talents&#8217; performances\u00a0using TennisLife.<\/p>\n<p>If you have any questions, please <a href=\"http:\/\/www.soccerlab.com\/index.php\/contact\/\">contact<\/a> us.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are very pleased to announce that\u00a0QuESD NV has become part of The\u00a0Cronos Group as of 5th of April. The Cronos Group is the largest tech group in Belgium with more than 4,500 employees active in various sectors. 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