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20 October 2021
First workshop module in the Austrian Volley Leagues
With a new training module especially designed for volleyball, the Play Fair Code visited all 20 clubs of the Austrian Volley Leagues (AVL) women and men for the very first time.
The top flight of the Austrian Volleyball Federation’s referees was also trained for the first time as part of their central referee annual conference.
The top flight of the Austrian Volleyball Federation’s referees was also trained for the first time as part of their central referee annual conference.
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20 April 2021
EASG Webinar on "Match-Fixing and Integrity"
The urge for the European Association for the Study of Gambling’s webinar on the subject of match-fixing and integrity arose from the film “Fixed - A Football Comedy” released in 2020.
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20 April 2021
Erasmus + Project SEE - I: Transnational meeting in Sofia in hybrid format
It is due to Corona that the Erasmus+ project SEE-I (Southeast European Countries for the Integrity of Football Clubs) has so far been carried out in an online mode mainly. Under the project management of the Romanian University of Sports (UNEFS), an international team of renowned integrity experts, including the Play Fair Code, has tasked itself with the development and implementation of specialized training materials for the Southeastern European region.
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20 April 2021
Erasmus + EPOSM: Almost 20% of all people involved in sports have already been confronted with (in-)direct offers for manipulation
A large-scale European study shows that nearly 20% of people in sports has been confronted with direct or indirect match-fixing - being the manipulation of sport competitions or matches - proposals.
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19 April 2021
Training series in the Austrian Basketball 2nd League
This year’s beginning marked the first anniversary of the manipulation scandal in the Austrian Basketball Superliga. Following an acute-workshop series in the Superliga in 2020, shortly after the incident became known, a second training module has now been rolled out for the clubs of the Basketball 2nd League.
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16 February 2021
Trust as the basis of information exchange – Supporting the Erasmus+ project T-PREG
In addition to the three Erasmus+ projects AMFix (Against Match Fixing), EPOSM (Evidence-based Prevention Of Sporting-related Match-fixing) and SEE-I (South Eastern European Countries for the Integrity of Football Clubs), in which the Play Fair Code is currently involved, other EU-projects are regularly supported with expert contributions as requested.
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10 February 2021
3rd Advanced NOCs Virtual Training on the Prevention of the Manipulation of Competitions
The well-established long-term partnership between the IOC, the Austrian NOC and the Play Fair Code recently led to another invitation to contribute to what is now the third “Advanced NOCs Virtual Training on the Prevention of the Manipulation of Competitions” at the beginning of February 2021.
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9 December 2020
Annual Report 2020 available for download
The recent version of the Play Fair Code Annual Report has just been released. Please find the link to our download section below.
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13 November 2020
Flexibility rules
2020 early on taught on all ends that we have to be very flexible and adaptable.
The Play Fair Code more than coped with this challenge.
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12 November 2020
Basketball pros trained again
Prevention is key to combat match-fixing, but it is not a magic wand. "As much as there is awareness rasing and warnings, there is no guarantee at all that things can and are still happeningl," says Günter Kaltenbrunner. "That is why we have to keep on working and spreading our messages and our knowledge."
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11 November 2020
Integrity Workshop 2.0 - Virtual seminar for the EHF
At the invitation of the European Handball Federation (EHF), Severin Moritzer made an expert contribution to an online workshop as part of the 2nd module of the current EHF Master Coach course.
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