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.

摘要

通过近年来学术界和政策制定者的越来越多的关注，人们强调了比赛的复杂性以及随之而来的无法识别现象的一刀切描述，这凸显了我们尚未完全掌握各种现象。形式在现代体育中的体现。同时，尽管有学术上的努力，但是关于针对假球的政策反应的学术研究却十分匮乏。为了解决这些差距，本研究旨在研究希腊和土耳其的两个引人注目的假球比赛“ Koriopolis”和“ ŞikeDavası”通过分析UEFA的规范框架和在两种情况下的实施方式，分别考虑了UEFA的政策回应。这项比较研究提供了两个丑闻的社会组织的详细信息，重点介绍了其中的各种行为者，结构和流程，以及他们遇到的UEFA政策回应。该研究强调的不仅是嵌入足球生态系统中的个人的关键作用，而且还包括在官方和媒体账目中采用“有组织犯罪”的叙述的潜在不利影响，从而使我们无法真正捕捉到这一现象，而决策者也无法从中受益。回应它。同时，这项研究着重指出，尽管现有详细而透彻的规范性框架，