The International Handball Federation (IHF) and Sportradar Integrity Services – a global provider of sports integrity solutions and partner to more than 100 sports federations and leagues – today entered into a multi-year agreement to monitor global handball events.
Sportradar Integrity Services is a unit of Sportradar, the world’s leading sports technology company creating immersive experiences for sports fans and gamblers.
Under the agreement, Sportradar Integrity Services will draw on its substantial experience and knowledge – having monitored global betting markets for over 16 years – to provide betting tracking through its Universal Fraud Detection System (UFDS) for IHF events, including the World Men’s and Women’s, Juniors and Youth Championships, as well as the IHF Super Globo.
Sportradar considers betting tracking essential for every sport and believes the service should be available to help protect all levels of competition. The UFDS is an advanced and proven betting tracking system that has been independently evaluated and verified by recognized experts in the field of sports betting and integrity.
Betting patterns are analyzed for abnormalities by a global team of qualified integrity specialists, and any suspicious matches are subsequently reported to partners, allowing critical visibility for match fixing around the world.
Sportradar Integrity Services has detected more than 6,500 suspicious matches over the past 16 years, with more than 750 of them taking place in 2021 alone.
IHF President Dr Hassan Moustafa said: “We recognize the modern-day integrity threats facing global sport, and handball is no exception.”
“The IHF makes it a top priority to have robust measures to help safeguard the integrity of our major events, not just at the senior male and female level, but also at the youth and junior level.”
“Sportradar has a proven track record in the field of sports integrity, and the depth of its betting monitoring capabilities will help support our general integrity program for years to come,” concluded Moustafa.
Sportradar Integrity Services Director Andreas Krannich added: “We are delighted to partner with the IHF to help support their integrity program with our UFDS betting monitoring solution.”
“Over the past five years, we have witnessed the increase in integrity issues in handball, and we therefore credit the vigilance shown by the IHF in adding to the integrity provisions surrounding its events.”
“At Sportradar, we are fully committed to supporting our partners’ integrity efforts and look forward to working closely with the IHF to support the global handball journey for years to come,” concluded Krannich.
