FIBA - Gulf Coast Countries complete FIBA Organizer Workshop

Doha (FIBA) – Representatives from a number of FIBA Asia Gulf Coast Countries (GCC) travelled to Doha this week to take part in a FIBA Organizer Workshop hosted by the Qatar Basketball Federation.

The workshop introduced the FIBA Digital solutions FIBA Organizer and FIBA Live Stats, which are provided free to all federations and associations worldwide by FIBA and SportingPulse International.

FIBA Head of Technology Wolfram Klug and SportingPulse International experts Sam Fewster and Ben Turner presented the workshop to national basketball federation representatives from the Gulf countries of Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.

FIBA Asia and Qatar Basketball Federation President Sheikh Saud Bin Ali Al-Thani - a strong advocate for the use of the FIBA Digital tools throughout FIBA Asia - said: “We are proud to host the first FIBA Digital Workshop for the Gulf here in Qatar. The use of technology is very important to us as we continue to grow the game not only in the Gulf but throughout Asia.

“It was pleasing to host officials from five Gulf countries who can now help others in their federations to learn and introduce the FIBA Digital tools.

“As basketball continues to grow, it is important that we develop a database of participants that we can use to generate sponsorship and government support and communicate with members," he added.

"FIBA Digital is the perfect solution for this aim."
 
FIBA Organizer allows leagues and governing bodies to manage membership, run competitions and quickly update results and standings online.

The software is suitable for running everything, from simple local competitions to complex national leagues.

Users can set up their first competition using the built-in wizard and then explore the application’s deep basketball-based functionality from there.

FIBA Organizer will manage statistics for games and players for single seasons and multiple seasons too, along with referees allocations, membership records and many other features.
  
The software comes with many built-in reports, allowing users to report on membership or generate scoresheets for games.

In addition users can export data to excel of many other formats, for additional analysis and reporting.

Click here to download FIBA Organizer.

FIBA LiveStats, provided free via download, allows users around the world to record basketball game statistics and webcast that game in real time.

FIBA LiveStats is fully compliant with FIBA rules, and allows the user to set up a game, including players, coaches and officials from both teams, and collect full statistics using a simple 'point and click' method.

Webcasting is incredibly simple, and free, and provided the user is online, the game can be up and webcast within a minute or two of starting.

The software includes boxscores, play-by-play and shot charts, making it incredibly valuable as the official statistics software of any league.

Already in use by a number of professional and semi professional leagues around the world, FIBA LiveStats can import and export game data, allowing integration with an existing competition and results system. FLS works seamlessly with FIBA Organizer, giving a league manager the complete package.

Click here to Download FIBA LiveStats.

Additional Solutions offered to Federations

Online Registration and Payment - provides a convenient way for your members to pay online. Set up online registration forms for:
- members to register for clubs and teams
- teams to register for competitions and tournaments
- other types of transactions such as competition entries or merchandise

Link online registrations to your membership information and online payment facility, making the whole register and pay process a whole lot easier.

- SportingPulse Payments: a simple and easy way for administrators to collect payments and a convenient way for participants to pay club fees. PayMySport is secure, tracks payments and has an optional Split Payments feature to automatically forward part-payments to national governing bodies or other parties to reduce accounting overhead

For more information on the solutions available through FIBA Digital, visit www.sportingpulseinternational.com for support visit www.support.sportingpulse.com.

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