Signing the Council of Europe Convention on the Manipulation of Sports Competitions was the formal kick-off for building and structuring a solid foundation for the future National Platform Austria. Following a request by its Ministry of Sport, Austria’s Council of Ministers decided in January to sign up to the Council of Europe’s Convention on Manipulation of Sports Competitions. The Convention was officially signed by Austrian Minister of Sport Hans Peter Doskozil on 2 June 2016, as part of an international conference being held in Vienna. At the joint press conference of the Ministry of Sport and the Play Fair Code on February 27th 2017, Austrian Minister of Sport Hans Peter Doskozil confirmed his clear commitment to the Play Fair Code as well as to the Council of Europe Convention on the Manipulation of Sports Competitions. Two milestones for the integrity of Austrian sport.
Start of the eSport study project in cooperation with the Ostfalia University of Applied Sciences. A student group is developing a project work in the current summer semester about the confrontation of the Play Fair Code with eSport.
The Play Fair Code have signed a memorandum of understanding with Sportradar as one of the world’s leading supplier of sports integrity solutions.
The fourth participation of the Play Fair Code in an Erasmus+ project clearly reflects the successful performance as a national and international best-practice in fighting match-fixing.
On February 12, Play Fair Code launched the education training offensive in Austrian basketball with a training session at the ece bulls Kapfenberg, the current leader and latest champion in 2017 of the ABL.