SoftBank-backed Korean startup takes shot at German soccer clubs

Bepro11 deploys AI to create analytical player videos to boost team performance

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Germany’s FC Cologne, in white, is among the professional European clubs using bepro11’s video analytics system to coach players. © Reuters

JENS KASTNER, Contributing writer

HAMBURG, Germany -- South Korea surprised many soccer fans when it ousted Germany, the sport's defending champion, out of the last soccer World Cup tournament in 2018.

These days, a South Korean startup called bepro11 is finding many German soccer teams eager to learn if it can give them a competitive edge.

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