Overview

World Sevens Football (W7F) is an innovative, fast-paced football competition designed for global broadcast and digital distribution. Following on from the success of the first event in Lisbon, Portugal, LIGR returned for the Fort Lauderdale, Florida tournament — delivering a full end-to-end broadcast graphics solution in partnership with DAZN and facilities provider NEP Group.

LIGR was engaged to deliver the entire broadcast graphics, data, and venue integration layer across world feed, uni-feed, big-screen, and data partner outputs — showcasing how a flexible, no-code graphics workflow can power fast-to-air, premium production.

This project closely mirrors LIGR's work with partners such as DAZN (National League, UK) and Football Australia, applying the same scalable workflow used across tier-one and multi-tier competitions worldwide.

The Challenge

World Sevens Football required a consistent broadcast graphics package across world feed and uni-feed, a dedicated scoreboard and clock feed for the in-venue big screen, and wide-angle camera feeds delivered to Stats Perform for Opta live data and statistical analysis.

The tournament also demanded rapid deployment across a three-day international event, a workflow capable of supporting both broadcasters and data partners simultaneously, and tight operational staffing while maintaining a tier-one broadcast look.

All of this needed to be delivered with absolute reliability, brand accuracy, and minimal on-site complexity.

The LIGR Solution

LIGR provided a centralised, broadcast-grade graphics and data workflow that powered every output of the World Sevens Football tournament.

Broadcast Graphics for World Feed & Uni-Feed

LIGR delivered a fully branded broadcast graphics package that ran a single graphics workflow across both world feed and uni-feed. The package was skinned to World Sevens Football brand guidelines, with an additional DAZN-aligned version available where required, maintaining full broadcast consistency across all matches and outputs.

This approach mirrors LIGR's work with DAZN and the UK National League, where camera operations may differ, but the graphics, data, and production logic remain identical.

Dedicated Big-Screen & In-Venue Graphics

In addition to broadcast feeds, LIGR powered the stadium big screen with a clock and score overlay driven directly by LIGR. Output was delivered via NDI, converted to SDI fill for venue integration, providing a clean, latency-free feed.

LIGR also delivered clock data for the TNT US broadcast, ensuring fans inside the venue received the same accurate, real-time match information as broadcast viewers — without duplicating systems or operators.

Data & Opta Integration

LIGR delivered low-latency wide-angle live-feed SRT streams directly to Stats Perform for Opta live data, ensuring jersey numbers and player positioning were clearly visible for live analysis. A scoreboard-only graphics feed was delivered over the wide-angle vision.

This enabled Opta to perform detailed statistical analysis while maintaining a clean, data-focused visual environment.

Fixtures, Tables & Tournament Logic via Fuse Pro

Tournament structure was fully managed through LIGR Fuse Pro, including live fixtures and match schedules, tables, ladders, and routes to finals. Tournament logic was driven via a connected Excel workflow, instantly reflected across all outputs.

This allowed rapid updates throughout the event without manual re-keying or risk of error — critical for a condensed, multi-match format. Broadcast design and build was fully produced in-house by the LIGR design team.

Operations & Delivery

Across the three-day event, LIGR delivered 16 matches powered end-to-end with a lean operational team of just 2 graphics operators and 1 logger, maintaining centralised control of all graphics, data, and outputs.

Despite the complexity of feeds and partners, the workflow remained simple, repeatable, and scalable — a hallmark of LIGR's broadcast model.

A Scalable Model for Modern Football

The World Sevens Football project demonstrates a core LIGR principle: camera type does not define production quality — workflow does.

This event is a perfect case study of how modern sports productions can scale — centralising design, automating data, and deploying operators efficiently across multiple outputs.

Whether working with fully human-operated camera productions (e.g. DAZN National League), automated camera networks, or federated models like Football Australia where LIGR contracts centrally and integrates production partners across tiers — the same LIGR platform powers graphics, data, sponsorship, and distribution consistently.

Looking Ahead

World Sevens Football represents the future of agile, globally scalable football competitions — and LIGR is proud to have provided the technology backbone that enabled broadcast, data, and venue experiences to operate as one.

A huge thank you to World Sevens Football, DAZN, NEP Group, and all partners and teams involved. We're proud to contribute to the growth of this exciting new global football format. On to the next stop in 2026!

Location: Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA

Duration: 3 days

Matches: 16

Outputs: World Feed, Uni-Feed, Big Screen, TNT US Clock Data, Opta Data Feeds

Technology: LIGR Broadcast Graphics Platform & LIGR Fuse Pro with LIGR Boxes in NEP OB Production Trucks

Partners: DAZN, NEP Group, Stats Perform (Opta)