The National Professional Basketball League (LNPB) today announced the extension of a multi-year agreement with Sportradar, a global leader in sports technology. The partnership started in 2020 was extended in 2023 and includes competitions from the LNBP and LNBP Women’s leagues.
The LNBP will have a comprehensive suite of Sportradar’s best solutions, including data collection and statistics from Synergy Stats, the Synergy Coaching platform and integrity services through the Universal Fraud Detection System (UFDS) to monitor all games across both competitions.
A new feature of the agreement is the introduction of the Universal Fraud Detection System (UFDS), used to monitor major international basketball competitions and leagues to provide greater transparency to competitions. The UFDS offers sophisticated machine learning algorithms to detect any possible match-fixing or irregular activity, providing the LNBP with powerful tools to protect its competitions.
In addition, Synergy Coaching coverage for the 13 LNBP men’s teams and 11 LNBP women’s teams will be provided. Everyone will have access to the platform to analyze the performance of their players, analyze the opponents and have all the statistics and videos of each player/team during the season for the benefit and development of Mexican basketball.
Victor Fernandez, Director of Sports and Partnerships at Sportradar, said: “We are delighted to extend the agreement with LNBP to offer advanced data, analytics and technology solutions. Our goal is to further expand sport in Mexico and generate new commercial opportunities, introducing Mexican basketball to a wider audience”.
Alonso Izaguirre, general commissioner of the LNBP, highlighted: “At LNBP, we are constantly looking to improve and innovate in all areas to offer all our fans new experiences during the day of the game and, hand in hand with Sportradar, with tools such as Synergy Stats and Synergy Coaching, it is possible to have all the statistical information of each of our games and the teams will continue to professionalize the technical area of scouting”.
“We are honored to work in synergy with an ally that shares our values as an institution and that, in addition, seeks the development and professionalism of world basketball,” added Izaguirre.
About Sportradar
Sportradar is a world-leading sports technology company at the intersection of sports, media and betting. More than 1,700 sports federations, media outlets, betting operators and consumer platforms in 120 countries rely on the group’s know-how and technology to boost their business.
