Case Study: Australian Football League streamlines complex fixture scheduling with Fastbreak AI

Australian Football League builds its annual fixture across 18 clubs with Fastbreak AI in a 24-hour workflow

The Australian Football League (AFL) faced the immense challenge of building its annual fixture, a process involving trillions of possible combinations. The league needed to balance competitive fairness, team travel, venue availability, and broadcast demands across its 18 clubs, a task that was previously a manual and months-long effort. To solve this, the AFL partnered with vendor Fastbreak AI and utilized its Fastbreak Pro Schedule platform.

Fastbreak AI implemented its advanced algorithmic scheduling software to process every variable and find the optimal fixture from countless possibilities. The solution enabled a 24-hour global workflow between the AFL in Australia and Fastbreak AI in North America, allowing for continuous refinement. While human input remained essential for final approval, the data-driven approach provided by Fastbreak AI delivered a fair and engaging fixture that maximized fan interest and broadcast appeal.

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