UEFA/match-fixing: a new working group met in Manchester during the Women's Euro 2022

"Timely information sharing, the harmonisation of national association disciplinary regulations and the need for legislation specifically criminalising match-fixing in all jurisdictions" are the challenges being addressed by UEFA's new anti-match-fixing working group, which met for the first time in Manchester (ENG) on 05 and 06/07/2022, on the sidelines of the Women's Euro 2022, being held in England.

"The revamped working group consists of a permanent core group formed of representatives of the Council of Europe, Europol, Interpol, the Group of Copenhagen (a network of six national platforms set up to prevent, detect and sanction manipulation of sports competitions), with other stakeholders invited to contribute to individual working group sessions based on the agenda and location of the sessions," explained UEFA.

The UEFA executive committee had decided to increase the resources invested in the fight against match-fixing and to develop its internal expertise and investigation unit in this area, twelve months earlier, on 11/07/2021.

The IOC, CONMEBOL and The FA represented in…