The International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) and Sportradar Integrity Services have extended their integrity partnership through the end of 2023. This multi-year renewal agreement underscores the integrity collaboration between the two organizations that dates back to 2017.
Under the agreement, events organized or sanctioned by ITTF or its affiliates, including the World Table Tennis Championships and various World Table Tennis (WTT) tournaments, will be monitored by Sportradar’s Fraud Detection System (FDS) bet-monitoring system, which has been independently assessed and verified by recognized experts in the field of sports betting and integrity.
The way it works is a global team of qualified integrity experts analyzes irregular betting patterns and any suspicious matches are reported to partners, providing visibility into worldwide match-fixing. Last year, Sportradar detected more than 500 suspicious matches across global sports and has reported more than5,500 suspicious matches in the past 15 years.
ITTF will also use Sportradar Intelligence & Investigation Services to help identify and investigate integrity threats and issues . Sportradar will furthermore provide a comprehensive risk assessment of the global betting and integrity landscape within table tennis, including the latest trends backed up by expert insights.
ITTF CEO Steve Dainton said, “Protecting the integrity of our events is of the utmost importance, and our partnership with Sportradar Integrity Services helps to strengthen our integrity programme. By utilising their extensive experience in the field of sports integrity, we believe that we are in strongest possible position to identify integrity issues in our competitions, and address any emerging risk factors threatening our sport.”
Andreas Krannich, Sportradar Integrity Services Managing Director, added: “In our position as a leader in sporting integrity, it is our top priority to provide our partners with an effective framework to combat match-fixing and other integrity issues, especially when considering the increased risk to global sports as a result of the challenges brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic.”
