European Table Tennis Union Joins Sportradar’s Bet Monitoring

Sportradar Integrity Services, a division of Sportradar, a global provider of sports integrity solutions and a partner to more than 150 sports associations and leagues, has announced a new gaming oversight agreement with the European Table Tennis Union (ETTU).

Following the multi-year agreement, matches such as the European Championships and the Men’s and Women’s Champions League will be monitored by Sportradar Integrity Services through its Universal Fraud Detection System (UFDS), an advanced and proven betting monitoring developed by experts in sports betting and integrity The system has been independently evaluated and validated. Last month, UFDS successfully accompanied EM 2022 in Munich.

Through UFDS, a global team of qualified integrity experts analyzes European table tennis betting patterns for anomalies and reports all suspicious matches, providing critical insights into potential match-fixing threats. Over the past 17 years, Sportradar Integrity Services has detected over 7,500 suspicious games, with over 800 in 2022 alone.

Acting President of the European Table Tennis Union,  Pedro Moura, said:

“Protecting the integrity of European Table Tennis is a top priority, so it is vital that there are robust measures in place in to safeguard our competitions from match-fixing. Through this partnership, men’s, women’s and youth events are all now being monitored through the UFDS. Sportradar has a proven track record in the sports integrity industry, and their expert bet monitoring capabilities will play a crucial role in helping to protect the integrity of European Table Tennis events”.

Andreas Krannich, Sportradar Integrity Services Managing Director, added:

“We have witnessed ever-growing integrity threats over the years, particularly due to recent global events, as well as an increased betting interest in sports such as table tennis and are excited to have entered into this partnership with the European Table Tennis Union. At Sportradar, we are fully committed to assisting our sporting partners’ efforts to detect and prevent such threats and look forward to supporting the integrity programme of the European Table Tennis Union in the years ahead”.