Genius Sports, the official data, technology and commercial partner powering the global sports ecosystem, has been awarded “FIBA Approved Software” status for its cutting-edge tracking technology ‘Second Spectrum’, its scoreboard data solutions.
Since its inception nearly three decades ago, the FIBA Equipment & Venue Center’s mission has been to support the growth and development of basketball by ensuring that the sport’s equipment and technology meet the highest possible standards of quality, safety, durability and performance. FIBA’s goal is to encourage innovation and ensure that new technologies that improve basketball are made available to athletes, the public and the media.
After a rigorous evaluation process, Genius Sports’ Second Spectrum technology for teams, leagues, coaches and broadcasters has received approval status and has been admitted to the FIBA Equipment & Venue Centre. Genius Sports’ tracking solutions leverage advanced machine learning and computer vision to capture advanced basketball metrics such as player speeds, distances and defensive impact – having a huge influence on sports betting.
ScoreLink, a robust solution created by Sportzcast to capture and distribute live score data, has also been approved by FIBA. The solution is integrated with FIBA LiveStats, the leading data collection in basketball, which has recorded more than one million games in 150 countries since its launch in 2008.
“Through the FIBA Approved Software program, we are able to explore how technology can support basketball’s growth, thanks to the help of Genius Sports,” said Bart Prinssen, head of the FIBA Equipment & Venue Centre. “We are proud to have a platform that is being used to increase awareness and adoption of software technology within the basketball community.”
“The admission of our Second Spectrum and Sportzcast technologies to the FIBA Equipment & Venue Center is the latest historic achievement in our 20-year partnership with FIBA,” said Steven Burton, director of partnerships at Genius Sports.
“We are delighted that FIBA has validated our technology and trusts us to deliver our innovative tracking and scoring technologies to its members, teams, broadcasters and partners around the world,” added Burton.
