FIFA finds no suspicious betting activity during Women’s World Cup
Football’s world governing body says 2023 women’s tournament totally avoided match-manipulation and integrity-related threats
FIFA found no suspicious betting activity during the 2023 Women’s World Cup across all 64 games.
The tournament, which was held in Australia and New Zealand, culminated in Spain beating England 1-0 in the final.
FIFA’s Integrity Task Force released its findings days after the final match, which concluded that across the 64 games played there were no suspicious betting activities or match-manipulation and integrity-related threats.
Games were monitored in real time, through betting markets and in-game action, and used market activity data for information from several jurisdictions, including law enforcement.
They said: “The monitoring of both the betting markets and in-game action in real time during all of the group and knockout-stage matches through to the final, which was played on 20 August, found no match‑manipulation threats.
“The collaborative effort between FIFA and key international stakeholders in the field of sports integrity ensured an experienced, coordinated and timely response – based on information and data – to any alert during the competition, with each participating stakeholder contributing their specific expertise throughout the tournament.”
The task force was comprised of individuals from several organisations, including the FBI, INTERPOL, the International Betting Integrity Association, Sportradar, Sport Integrity Australia and the New Zealand Police.
It is the second women’s tournament that has been monitored for suspicious betting, the first being the 2019 Women’s World Cup where the task force was first launched.