The Spanish company Bornan Sports Technology is part of the 2026 Asian Games in Aichi-Nagoya as Official Technology and Digital Data Partner. The largest multi-sport event in Asia, currently taking place, brings together around 15,000 athletes and officials from the 45 National Olympic Committees that make up the Olympic Council of Asia.
Athletics, swimming, eSports, kabaddi, padel, wushu, and virtual taekwondo coexist in a program comprising 43 sports and 71 disciplines spread across 53 competition venues.
A Large-Scale Technology Coordination
Bornan brings its technology to Japan to tackle one of its biggest operational challenges: serving as the Official Technology and Digital Data Partner for a competition that concentrates 469 events in just 16 days.
The Spanish tech company provides key services for the development of the Games, including Timing, Scoring and Results (TSR) systems, which capture marks and scores, generate official results, and distribute them in real time, and Games Management Systems (GMS), which centralize processes such as registrations, accreditations, and the coordination of staff, volunteers, and uniforms. The agreement also includes Television Graphics, live results via the web and app, and information systems for commentators.
These solutions will enable recording, processing, and distributing information produced by sports with vastly different rules, tempos, and scoring systems. An essential infrastructure so that results, times, and scores reach the organization, athletes, federations, media, and fans quickly and reliably.
From Padel to Virtual Taekwondo
The scale of Aichi-Nagoya 2026 is not its only characteristic. The program blends international disciplines with others deeply rooted in Asian culture, such as kabaddi, kurash, wushu, and sepaktakraw.
Among the major novelties is the debut of padel as a medal sport, an inclusion with a special connection to Spain due to the popularity of the sport in our country. Mixed martial arts will also debut, and Virtual Taekwondo will be included, a no-contact modality that uses virtual reality and motion-tracking systems.
Thus, Aichi-Nagoya 2026 allows a transition from sports with centuries of history to new forms of digital competition within the same program. A diversity that multiplies technological complexity, since each discipline has its own rules, scoring systems, and operational needs.
Furthermore, the challenge extends beyond the venues, as organizers will rely on temporary housing and even a cruise ship for some delegations. Athletes, officials, venues, and services are spread across different sites in Aichi Prefecture, the city of Nagoya, and other Japanese municipalities, so technology must help connect a large, decentralized operation.
Spanish Technology on Asia’s Sporting Showcase
This will be the third time Japan hosts the Asian Games, following Tokyo 1958 and Hiroshima 1994. More than three decades after the last edition, the country again brings together the continental sports community in a competition defined by scale, diversity, and innovation.
Aichi-Nagoya 2026 marks Bornan’s second participation as a supplier for the Asian Games, reinforcing its track record and the trust placed in the company to lead the technological integration of an event of such magnitude. This milestone cements the Spanish company’s position as a global technology integrator capable of coordinating highly complex operations and meeting the specific needs of disciplines with very different rules, tempos, and scoring systems.
“When we founded Bornan, we did so with the conviction of developing technology capable of addressing the greatest challenges in international sport. Participating in Aichi-Nagoya 2026 represents a new milestone in that history and demonstrates how far a company can go when it blends knowledge, innovation, and a global vision,” says Eva María Córdoba, CEO and founder of Bornan Sports Technology.
