AFF Suzuki Cup Monitored by Sportsradar to Prevent Match-Fixing

2014 Suzuki Cup being held in Asia is monitored by Sports radar to allow for clean bets on favourite teams.

Sportsradar was awarded the contract to supervise the competitive and highly publicized ASEAN Football Federation Suzuki Cup. The Swiss-based company also had monitored the tournament in 2012. It was successful in ascertaining that the Malaysia and Laos match held then was fixed.

The cooperation between the AFF and Sportsradar is in an effort to demonstrate that AFF is taking its responsibilities seriously to keep the tournament free from corrupt online betting.

Sportradar’s job is to help the “tournament officials spot the danger signs and to keep the AFF abreast of any suspicious behavior in the regulated and unregulated betting markets” says Sportradar’s senior manager Asia, Oscar Brodkin. Sportradar also held education workshops in Hanoi and Singapore for the tournament officials, beforehand.

Since the Suzuki cup began on November 20, 2014 Vietnam’s Crime Branch Police, in accordance with Vietnamese gambling laws, has its national team under surveillance. This followed the Asian Football Confederation wish to “enforce the suspension of six Dong Nai FC players” following disciplinary measures taken by the Vietnam Football Federation’s Disciplinary Committee.

Ensuring a Fair Tournament

The Suzuki Cup, which is held every two years consist of 18 matches played between 8 national teams from south-east Asia. .The competition will run through to December 20. Special attention will be paid to avoid match fixing and manipulation which should allow football sports fans to enjoy the Suzuki cup in a secure environment.

Sportradar will use its highly effective radar Fraud Detection System to identify any suspicious land-based and mobile betting patterns in any of the 12 group games or the six games in the knock-out stages. AFF’s general secretary Ex-Lieutenant General Dato, Azzuddin Ahmad, said that this was in a bid “to keep the AFF abreast of any suspicious behavior in the regulated and unregulated betting markets”.