Official Impressum & Legal Notice

AREENA

Advanced Resource and Event Engine for Next-gen Associations

AREENA is a modern, unified management and live tournament operating platform built for national sports federations, regional sub-associations, affiliated sports clubs, and licensed athletes.

Platform Operator & Publisher

AREENA Platform Operator

Sports Federation Administration & Digital Operations

National Sports Governance & Association Management

info@areena.app • privacy@areena.app

www.areena.app

Engine Architecture & Scope

DAG Hierarchy: Multi-parent association and regional DAG rule inheritance.

Tournament Operating System: Automated group generation, Davis Cup scoring, and real-time live tickers.

Universal Licensing: Player passes, refresher course tracking, and verified approvals queue.

Software Stack & Open Source Libraries

AREENA Stack v0.0.1

Frontend Core

Next.js 14 (App Router), React 18, TypeScript 5.8

Styling & UI

Tailwind CSS 3.4, Lucide Icons, clsx, tailwind-merge

Backend Engine

Node.js, Express 4.21, TypeScript 5.8

ORM & Database

Prisma ORM 5.22, PostgreSQL with multi-schema folder support

Caching & Queue

Redis, ioredis 5.6 (Ingress rate-limiting & session guards)

Security & Auth

JWT (jsonwebtoken 9.0), bcryptjs 2.4, OAuth2 Client Credentials

Storage & S3

AWS S3 SDK (@aws-sdk/client-s3, @aws-sdk/s3-request-presigner)

Communications

Mailgun REST API (mailgun.js 14), Nodemailer 9 (SMTP Relay)

Schema Validation

Zod 3.24 (shared validation library across apps)

Real-Time Sync

WebSocket (ws server for live fixture scores & tickers)

Changelog & Minor Version Updates

Current: v0.0.1

v1.4.0• Tournament Hub & Database Management

September 2026Current Release

Added Association Tournament Hub (/management/competitions) for approving created tournaments and validating finished results.
Implemented Super Admin full database JSON dump export and restore import functionality with comprehensive transactional safety.
Created comprehensive multi-role User Manual (/manual) for athletes, referees, club admins, association managers, and super administrators.
Enhanced Impressum with complete software libraries inventory and minor version update history.
Fixed demo seed database clean-up preventing duplicate records and improved Support & FAQs context filtering.

v1.3.0• Sports Locations & Table Unit Reservations

August 2026Feature Update

Added Sports Locations module with venue tables, courts, and capacity management.
Implemented Table / Unit Reservation Matrix and automated tournament competition blocks.
Introduced Elo rating calculator and Swiss classification level table (D1 to A20).
Added association-level custom license ID templating engine.

v1.2.0• Competition Operating System & Scoresheets

July 2026Feature Update

Redesigned Competition Dashboard and 12-module tournament desk workspace.
Added live set-by-set match scoresheet interface with automatic point validation.
Implemented speaker announcements queue, test chime sound, and cashier desk financial settlement.
Standardized URL scheme to clean /competition/[id] routing across all modules.

v1.1.0• Licensing Hub & Bexio Invoicing

June 2026Feature Update

Built Universal Licensing Hub with player passports and digital QR license passes.
Added Refresher Courses tracking for referees and coaches with automatic validity extension.
Introduced Financing Hub with Swiss QR-Bill generation and Bexio cloud accounting integration.
Created Admin Notice Broadcasting system with modal banners and acknowledgment tracking.

v1.0.0• AREENA Core Platform Launch

May 2026Initial Release

Initial release of AREENA Sports Platform with DAG multi-parent association hierarchy.
Super Administrator system health metrics and security audit log explorer.
Multi-tenant authentication, role-based access control (RBAC), and multilingual UI (EN, DE, FR, IT).

All trademarks, federation logos, and competition brand assets displayed within this system are the property of their respective sports federations and member clubs. Unauthorized reproduction or dissemination of data without authorization is prohibited.

AREENA Core v0.0.1 • Multilingual Sports GovernanceLast Updated: August 2026