Enter your campaign for the SPORTO Awards
The sports sponsorship awards of the Adriatic region, presented at the SPORTO Conference in Portorož. Create an account, fill in your entry at your own pace, and the jury takes it from there.
How entering works
Three steps, none of them long. Everything saves as you go, so you can leave and come back, and you submit when the entry is ready.
- 1
Create your account
Your name, organisation and the category you are entering. We email you a sign-in link, no password.
- 2
Write up the campaign
Planning, budget, execution and evaluation. Every section saves as you go. Attach videos and decks up to 500 MB.
- 3
Add billing details and submit
Edit anything until you submit; the organiser can reopen the entry if something has to change. Winners are announced at the SPORTO Conference on 30 November.
- Entries open21 September
- Entries close6 November
No changes after this date.
- Winners announced30 November
Awards ceremony, SPORTO Conference, Portorož.
Six categories
An entry competes in one category. The highest-ranked Sponsorship entry from each country goes forward to the European Sponsorship Association's Best of Europe award.
- Sponsorship
Integrated marketing campaigns built on the sponsorship of an athlete, team, event or programme.
- Event
Sports events of your own, used as a strategic and effective way to communicate a sponsorship or a brand.
- Purpose & Sustainability
Campaigns that champion a cause, from environmental and social to health and community impact.
- Activation
One-off activations, or a separate activation within a larger sponsorship platform.
- Digital
Campaigns delivered primarily through digital channels: web, social, streaming, digital outdoor and other online platforms.
- Fan Engagement
Sustained fan relationships through membership programmes, fan clubs, loyalty schemes or ongoing community initiatives.
How the jury scores
Every juror scores every entry on the same four criteria. The write-up sections of your entry match them one to one, so the jury reads exactly what it scores.
The business need, why sponsorship was the answer, and SMART objectives.
Sponsorship value and activation budget, in EUR. Seen by the jury only.
The link to the brand, the activation itself, and how it reached the audience.
Results against the objectives, return on the investment, and what comes next.
What you will need
Have these ready and the entry takes an afternoon. Nothing has to be finished in one sitting.
- Campaign facts. Title, rights holder, sponsor, entrant, client if entered by an agency, start and end dates.
- A summary of up to 100 words. Your elevator pitch to the jury. It may be published on sporto.si.
- Four write-ups , one per criterion, following the guiding questions in each section.
- Budget figures in EUR , or percentages if the exact amounts are confidential.
- Material : video, photos, a deck or a PDF. Up to 500 MB per file.
- Billing details for the entry fee invoice.
By entering you confirm
- The information in the entry is accurate, the work combines a sports subject with communication to a chosen audience, and it ran within the eligible period.
- Submitted material becomes the organiser's property, is not returned unless requested in writing, and may be used to promote the SPORTO Conference or shown on sporto.si.
- You own the rights to the entered work.
- The organiser may reject an entry that does not meet the requirements.
- The jury's decisions are final.
What is SPORTO?
Organised in Slovenia since 2004, the SPORTO annual conference is one of Europe's leading events within the sports marketing and sponsorship industry. The 22nd anniversary edition of the conference is returning to Portorož, a beautiful resort on Slovenia's Adriatic coast. Join us!
30 Nov & 1 Dec 2026, Portorož, Slovenia.
Programme, speakers and tickets at sporto.siReady when you are.
Create the account now and come back to the entry whenever you have time. Everything saves as you type, and you submit when it is ready.