The Asean Football Federation, which promotes and supports the interests of the 12 south-east Asian football federations, has entered into a partnership agreement with Sportradar.
The deal allows Sportradar to continue its coverage and analysis of the global betting markets across all 18 matches of the AFF Suzuki Cup 2014. Sportradar’s Fraud Detection System will notify the AFF if there are any suspicious betting patterns on any of the matches. Lt Gen Dato’ Azzuddin Ahmad (retired), the general secretary of the AFF, said: “We are not blind to the dangers that match fixing and manipulation poses. Together with the best monitoring system available, we will be vigilant, precisely so that our fans don’t have to be.” Under the agreement Sportradar also provided its education workshops to the tournament officials, both in Vietnam and Singapore, before the tournament kicked off in Hanoi, Vietnam, on November 22. Oscar Brodkin, Sportradar’s senior manager in Asia, said: “We will work tirelessly to help the tournament officials spot the danger signs and to keep the AFF abreast of any suspicious behaviour in the regulated and unregulated betting markets.”
