Sportradar has become the Asian Football Confederation’s integrity partner, meaning that Sportradar will monitor a number of competitions including the AFC Champions League, AFC Cup and the 2015 Asian Cup and qualifiers for signs of betting-related corruption and fraudulent activity.
The agreement was signed last week in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, by AFC general secretary Dato’ Alex Soosay and Sportradar CEO Carsten Koerl.
Koerl said: “Sportradar is prepared to do its part to help AFC fight match fixing in football. I’d also like to commend the continental football body for being proactive in this endeavour because match manipulation in sports has taken a different twist with the involvement of sophisticated international organised crime organisations.”
Soosay added: “AFC’s partnership with Sportradar is the latest step taken to counter the threat that match fixing poses to football in Asia. We look forward to utilising Sportradar’s proven expertise in this field and developing an effective working partnership.”
In a separate move, Sportradar has signed a three-year deal with the English Football Conference to become the official sports data partner of the Skrill Premier, North and South divisions.
