Match-fixing in Greece and Turkey and UEFA’s policy responses to it: a comparative study

Manoli, Argyro Elisavet, Yilmaz, Serhat and Antonopoulos, Georgios (2021) Match-fixing in Greece and Turkey and UEFA’s policy responses to it: a comparative study. International Journal of Sport Policy and Politics, 13 (1). pp. 143-158. ISSN 1940-6940

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Abstract

Through the increased attention match-fixing has received from both academia and policymakers in recent years, its complexity and the consequent inability to identify a one-fits-all description of the phenomenon have been underlined, highlighting that we have yet to fully capture the various forms of its manifestation in modern day sport. At the same time, and despite academic endeavours, the scholarly work on policy responses against match-fixing is remarkably scarce. In addressing these gaps, this study aims to examine two high-profile match-fixing cases in Greece and Turkey, the ‘Koriopolis’ and the ‘Şike Davası’ scandals, respectively, while considering the policy responses of UEFA, through the analysis of its normative framework and the way in which it was implemented in the two cases. This comparative study offers details of the social organisation of the two scandals, highlighting the various actors, structures and processes within them, as well as the UEFA policy responses they were met with. What is underlined through the study is not only the key role of individuals embedded in the football ecosystem but also the potentially adverse effects of adopting the ‘organised crime’ narrative in both official and media accounts, preventing us from truly capturing the phenomenon and policymakers from responding to it. Simultaneously, this study highlights that despite its existing detailed and thorough normative framework, UEFA’s inconsistency in its implementation in the two cases sends a mixed message about tolerating match-fixing, while inviting much needed further research on the matter.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: Manipulation of sport competitions, sport corruption, sport integrity, football corruption, football integrity
Subjects: L900 Others in Social studies
M900 Other in Law
Department: Faculties > Arts, Design and Social Sciences > Social Sciences
Depositing User: John Coen
Date Deposited: 08 Mar 2022 09:57
Last Modified: 10 Aug 2022 03:32
URI: http://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/48635

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