The International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) announced that the 2022 Qatar World Cup was exempt from any match-fixing, according to the results of investigations conducted by the Integrity Preservation Authority.
The Preserving Integrity Committee included representatives from several organizations including the Qatar Safety and Security Operations Committee, the Council of Europe and its Copenhagen Group, INTERPOL, the Global Lottery Monitoring System and the International Betting Integrity Association.
In addition, the FBI as the leading law enforcement and investigative agency in the United States joined the committee, and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, with which FIFA signed a historic cooperation agreement in 2020, was part of the group.
FIFA said in a statement posted on its official website: “The multi-stakeholder integrity working group set up by the federation to monitor all matches played during the Qatar 2022 World Cup, for match-fixing incidents and problems related to integrity, it successfully completed its work on December 22. No cases have been identified.”
“As part of its work, the task force analyzed surveillance reports of legal betting markets, conducted multi-jurisdictional investigations and reviewed competition venue monitoring for suspicious behavior. No match fixing was detected in any match played during the tournament”.
