2013 Mersin Games Portal Project

With the portal project of Innova, 17th Mersin Mediterranean Games transformed into a giant organization that has reached millions of people every day.

The 17th of the Mediterranean Games, organized every four years and bringing together hundreds of athletes from different cultures in the “Olympic culture”, was held in June 2013 in Mersin and Adana. During the 2013 Mersin 17th Mediterranean Games, a web portal introduced and operated by Innova was launched on June 20, that published all kinds of information from the event calendar to instant competition information, race scores and athlete profiles.

As a result of competitions in 31 branches in 37 different facilities in Mersin and Adana, 855 gold, silver and bronze medals were awarded to successful athletes. The 17th Mediterranean Games hosted thousands of athletes from 24 countries.

The web portal project required by the Ministry of Youth and Sports and the General Directorate of Sports for the sharing of information throughout the activities, was successfully completed by Innova with the application development team and was effectively used before, during and after the Games. With this project carried out in cooperation with the International Committee of Mediterranean Games (ICMG), 20 million visitors had access to all information related to the event.

With the portal and mobile applications developed by Innova, 20 million visitors had non-stop access to event and competition information

Innova experience in sports games

In the 2013 Mersin 17th Mediterranean Games portal project, Innova turned its experience gained through portal projects realized in Erzurum Winter Games and Trabzon European Youth Olympic Games held in 2011, into an advantage. In the project realized within the scope of the 17th Mediterranean Games organized by the International Committee of Mediterranean Games (ICMG), the web interface created with the determined visual design was combined with the content shaped with the information coming from sports competitions and brought the portal to life. During the project process, the changes requested by the coordinatorship and the allocation of internet infrastructure were performed by Innova.

Information flow to 20 million users per day

This portal, which responded to 20 million user accesses a day, had actively served all visitors during the 13-day events. During this time everyone had information about the time and place of every event, how many athletes from which country were participating, how the competition would affect the rankings etc., easily through the portal.

Which completion and where?

The audience needed such a portal to follow the games that were organized at 37 different facilities in a wide area, including Mersin, Adana, Tarsus and Erdemli. The general information about the facilities also included maps to pinpoint the exact location of the facilities and calculate the distances between them. This way, viewers had the chance to watch the events on-site by creating their own activity schedules days before.

The first step to accreditation

In such major events, accreditation is important in terms of ensuring security and helping staff perform their duties effectively…  The first step for the volunteers and staff to be involved in the 17th Mediterranean Games to be accredited by the event management started on the portal. Participants and media members who participated in the events were directed to accreditation centers through the portal. Accreditation application forms of the athletes were also provided through the portal.