January 28 – The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has beefed up its agreement with betting fraud prevention and detection specialists Sportradar, singing a two-year deal that will increase the number of games monitored to more than 4,500, a huge increase on the 300 games in the previous deal.
For the first time Sportradar will monitor the top professional leagues in every AFC member association as well as all regional national and club competitions.
AFC President Shaikh Salman bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa said: “The integrity of sport is not negotiable. It is a crucial cornerstone to protecting the sport for future generations. At the AFC we are not content to just address this key area. We want to do everything we can to protect Asian football, to protect football in each country in Asia and to lead by example. Sportradar has proven to be a valuable partner in that objective and in our vision. With this new partnership, we have taken the best the organisation has to offer and extended it to each of our Member Associations.”
Sportradar first started working with the AFC in 2013 in a region that has been at the centre of a number of match-fixing scandals. The AFC recognised the issues and under the new arrangement a senior expert from Sportradar will also be joining the AFC to provide exclusive and ongoing support to the AFC Integrity Unit.
Sportradar has developed a specific AFC Monitoring System (AMS) that will be at the forefront of monitoring and detecting matchfixing. Sportradar will also develop an integrity mobile app which will work like a whistle-blower tool and can be used to report match-fixing cases.
The company is also supporting the AFC in the development of its integrity workshops and providing bespoke intelligence and research into match-fixing operations.
A senior expert from Sportradar will also be joining the AFC to provide exclusive and ongoing support to the AFC Integrity Unit.
Sportradar Security Services Managing Director Andreas Krannich (pictured right with AFC General Secretary Dato Windsor John) commented: “The AFC have been tireless in trying to utilise and leverage our services to the maximum. With this new partnership, we are able to offer much more insight and support to Asian football, and we would not be able to do it without the faith and backing of the AFC.”
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