PR N°39 - FIBA Organizer now available in French and Spanish
GENEVA (FIBA Organizer) - FIBA Organizer, the total basketball competition management and website solution, has been translated into French and Spanish, thus making itself available to basketball associations and clubs in 58 additional countries. French is the official language in 33 countries and Spanish is the second most spoken tongue in the world with ...
GENEVA (FIBA Organizer) - FIBA Organizer, the total basketball competition management and website solution, has been translated into French and Spanish, thus making itself available to basketball associations and clubs in 58 additional countries. French is the official language in 33 countries and Spanish is the second most spoken tongue in the world with 25 nations using it as their primary language.
The FIBA Organizer initiative was launched in November 2006 to provide SportingPulse's award-winning software, free of charge, to every organization affiliated to the International Basketball Federation. FIBA currently counts with 213 member national federations.
"FIBA Organizer is capable of connecting every basketball player in the world and the launching of its French and Spanish versions will massively increase its global reach", said FIBA Secretary General Patrick Baumann.
The FIBA Organizer software package incorporates all facets of basketball administration, such as competition management (schedules, results and standings), membership database (clubs, players, coaches and referees) and websites. In addition to improving communications between federations, associations and clubs and players, FIBA Organizer can save administrators valuable time through improved efficiencies and can help raise extra revenue by creating unique sponsorship opportunities.
The FIBA Organizer initiative represents the first time that any sport's governing body has commissioned the development of a universal management and communications system.
The English, French and Spanish versions of the FIBA Organizer can be downloaded at www.fibaorganizer.com. FIBA Organizer's users have a 90-day free trial period. Once it has run out, they must apply for a license in order to continue using the system. There is no fee to use FIBA Organizer or for the license itself. To obtain a license, please send the name of your organization and country to Wolfram Klug, FIBA's IT Manager: klug@fiba.com.
About FIBA
FIBA (www.fiba.basketball), the world governing body for basketball, is an independent association formed by 213 National Federations of basketball throughout the world. It is recognised as the sole competent authority in basketball by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). Its main upcoming events are the 2007 FIBA Zone Continental Championships that will qualify for Beijing 2008, the FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournaments (to take place in the summer of 2008) and the FIBA World Championships for Men and Women, held every four years. The 2010 FIBA World Championship will be played in Turkey.
About SportingPulse
SportingPulse (www.sportingpulse.com) manages the biggest online community for grassroots sport in Australia. 15,000 clubs and more than 1,000 sports associations use its software to manage competitions, membership and communication. SportingPulse enables them to engage with participants, create revenue streams, reduce costs and save volunteers' time. Sports associations including the Australian Football League, the Australian Rugby League, Touch Football Australia, Hockey Australia and the Oceania National Olympic Committees have all helped to make SportingPulse the third most popular website network for sport in Australia.