BENGALURU/BANGKOK (India/Thailand) - Advancements to improve basketball in Asia moves forward with the continued implementation of the Digital Scoresheet system in competitions.

It is being used for the first time in Asian events at both the FIBA Women’s Asia Cup in India and FIBA Asia Champions Cup 2019 in Thailand. The technology will continue to be used from this point forward.

“We have successfully implemented the Digital Scoresheet system at the FIBA Women’s Asia Cup 2019 and FIBA Asia Champions Cup. From now on, the Digital scoresheet will be present in all the Asian competitions,” said Hagop Khajirian, FIBA Executive Director - Asia.

The Digital Scoresheet system provides convenience by being editable, resulting in a smaller margin of error for the scorer’s table operators. Since it is digital-based, the system is also environmental friendly.

 Following the effective use of the system at Asia Champions Cup and the Women’s Asia Cup, the Digital Scoresheet system will now be available for all National Federations.

"This tool is already provided to quite a number of National federations and we have already started organizing workshops with local TO-s since mid-summer. As of January 2020, using digital scoresheets will be a must in all basketball events Asia-wide.” Khajirian added.

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