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Match-fixing in football – the Indonesian experience and response
Rumi Iqbal Doewes
International Sports Studies. Physical Education and Sport in Indonesia – Perspectives from 2020 42 No. 3 (2020)
https://doi.org/10.30819/iss.42-e.07 pp: 62-69 2020-12-11
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Stichworte/keywords: match fixing, Indonesian football, sports integrity, anti-mafia task force
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Doewes, R.I. (2020). Match-fixing in football – the Indonesian experience and response. International Sports Studies. Physical Education and Sport in Indonesia – Perspectives from 2020, 42 (3), 62-69. doi:10.30819/iss.42-e.07
@article{Doewes_2020,
doi = {10.30819/iss.42-e.07},
url = {https://doi.org/10.30819/iss.42-e.07},
year = 2020,
publisher = {Logos Verlag Berlin},
volume = {42},
number = {3},
pages = {62-69},
author = {Rumi Iqbal Doewes},
title = {Match-fixing in football – the Indonesian experience and response},
journal = {International Sports Studies. Physical Education and Sport in Indonesia – Perspectives from 2020}
}
Abstract
Match fixing is an example of match manipulation which involves removing the
uncertainty of the outcomes of a match. Match fixing usually has one of two purposes.
First, it may be for the team to survive relegation or achieve promotion, or secondly for
a betting outcome. The purpose of this study was to investigate the issue of match-fixing
in the world of Indonesian football and the actions taken by the Football Association of
Indonesia (PSSI) to cope with this problem. The research method was qualitative and
drew on data obtained from semi-structured interviews with a convenience sample of
informants. The study informants had experiences as former players, club managers,
and member(s) of the PSSI disciplinary committee. The results highlight some of the
known examples of match fixing in Indonesian football, their handling and the reasons
behind them. To counter match fixing in Indonesian football, PSSI formed an Anti-
Mafia Task Force and collaborated with Genius Sports an international technology
company which monitors data on sporting events as a part of its global sports integrity
programme.