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on the morning of september 10, the general administration of sport of china and the ministry of public security jointly held a press conference in dalian, liaoning province, on the special rectification of "fake gambling and black" in the professional football league. since 2022, the ministry of public security has focused on assigning public security organs in liaoning and other places to crack down on related gambling and match-fixing cases, and overall planning to crack down on online gambling, match manipulation, bribery and other crimes. 128 suspects of illegal crimes have been arrested, 12 online gambling gangs have been eliminated, 120 suspected gambling and match-fixing matches have been verified, and criminal compulsory measures have been taken against 83 players, referees, coaches, and club managers involved in the case in accordance with the law. in addition, the press conference also announced the disciplinary penalties imposed by the chinese football association on 61 football practitioners involved in the case. among them, more than 40 people were banned from engaging in any football-related activities in my country for life.

announcement of investigations and punishments of illegal crimes such as gambling and match-fixing in the football field

zhang xiaopeng, deputy director of the public security administration bureau of the ministry of public security：in september 2022, the public security bureau of the ministry of public security focused on deploying the public security departments of some competition areas and club locations to comprehensively investigate and assign relevant clues such as gambling and match-fixing and follow up guidance. public security organs in liaoning and other places set up special batches of gambling and match-fixing cases, arrested 128 suspects of illegal crimes, and cracked down on 12 cross-border online gambling gangs. 120 suspected match-fixing and gambling matches were verified, involving the chinese super league, china league one, china league two, fa cup, women's super league and other professional football leagues. a total of 41 chinese super league, china league one and china league two club teams were involved in the case, and criminal compulsory measures were taken against 83 players, referees, coaches, and club managers involved in the case in accordance with the law. so far, 44 football practitioners have been sentenced according to law, and 34 have been sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment or above.

announcement of disciplinary penalties against 61 football professionals involved in the case

the chinese football association stated that based on the materials on the persons involved in the case transferred by the public security bureau of the ministry of public security and in accordance with the "chinese football association disciplinary code", the head of the chinese football association announced the disciplinary penalties imposed on 61 football practitioners involved in the case.

jin jingdao and 43 others were given a lifetime ban from engaging in any football-related activities in our country.

bahjiang wuerman and 17 others were banned from engaging in any football-related activities in my country for five years, starting from september 10, 2024 to september 9, 2029.

shen liuxi, a former hangzhou greentown player, was banned from engaging in any football-related activities for life in 2013 but still refused to repent. in this case, he was punished for opening a casino. the chinese football association issued another notice, requiring the entire industry to strictly enforce the ban.

let's take a look at the figures released by the ministry of public security. 120 matches were found to be suspected of match-fixing and gambling. 41 chinese super league, china league one and china league two club teams were involved. 83 players, referees, coaches and club managers were involved. in this regard, the head of the sports competition department of the general administration of sport of china said, "the problem of 'match-fixing and gambling' in football is getting worse and worse and has become a disaster.the depth of its abuses is unbelievable, and its wide spread is shocking."

what is football "fake gambling"?

so, what is football "fake gambling and black market"? how to deter and prevent the occurrence of football "fake gambling and black market"? first of all, what does football "fake gambling and black market" specifically refer to? what are the harms? let's listen to the introduction of zhang wen, a cctv reporter who has been engaged in football reporting for a long time.

as the name suggests, match-fixing, gambling and black whistles are all about match-fixing. common operations include players participating in gambling, such as betting on their own team to lose on illegal gambling websites. he himself goes on the field and deliberately makes a low-level mistake and loses the ball, which becomes a match-fixing. or, a team wants to stay in the league, and the other team is not worried about staying in the league even though it has lost the championship. the management of the two teams negotiates to play a "tacit game", and the team in need provides financial benefits to the team without desire. or the team buys off the referee, or even arranges for the referee's official to blow a black whistle in certain key games to achieve specific requirements for results.

these interrelated and complex cases have one thing in common: off-field manipulation of sports games, affecting fair competition. the participants in game manipulation include athletes, referees, coaches, sports officials, sports agents, stadium staff, etc. they divide the work among each other, cooperate with each other, collude with each other, and commit crimes in collusion.

nowadays, there are many ways to manipulate sports games. take football as an example. many people think that gambling is just about betting on the score and who will win or lose. in fact, the result of the game is no longer the only way to manipulate the game. in some games, the number of red and yellow cards, the list of starting lineups, the selection of penalty kicks, etc. have all become ways to manipulate the game. moreover, the lower the level of the game, the less attention it receives, and the more likely it is to appear in fake betting and fraud.

a typical case is the 2022 guangdong provincial games u15 match-fixing case. the two teams in the game were qingyuan and guangzhou. in this game, the leading qingyuan team made personnel changes in the second half, and the players' behavior on the field was extremely abnormal, slowing down, whispering, or making frequent mistakes. compared with the first half of the game, the qingyuan team felt like a completely different team. the guangzhou team was unstoppable in the offensive link, and repeatedly received gifts from the opponent. in the end, the guangzhou team scored four goals in the second half and won the championship with a big score of 5 to 3.

subsequent investigations showed that no less than 16 people, from coaches to officials, were involved in the match-fixing case, including the then director of the guangdong provincial sports bureau wang yuping, director of the guangzhou sports bureau ouyang ziwen, and chairman of the guangzhou football association xie zhiguang. they were all subsequently dismissed and given other relevant penalties.

for some higher-level matches, some people involved in match-fixing carefully designed the process of manipulation, covered up the manipulation behavior with a "technical" and "professional" cloak, and covered up, confused, and concealed the manipulation behavior under the guise of complying with the rules of the game, showing a stronger disguise and concealment. lu jun, the golden whistle of the chinese super league, was such a case. match-fixing, gambling and black whistles have seriously affected the fairness of competitive sports, and the damage to football is obvious.

well-known players banned from football-related activities for life

at the press conference, the head of the chinese football association announced the disciplinary punishments for 61 football practitioners involved in the case. among them, more than 40 people were banned from engaging in any football-related activities in my country for life. 17 people were banned from engaging in any football-related activities in my country for 5 years. we noticed that there are many well-known players among them. for example, former shandong taishan football club players jin jingdao and guo tianyu, former jiangsu suning football club player gu chao, former shanghai shenhua football club player sun shilin, etc. in addition, the situation of former hangzhou greentown player shen liuxi announced this time has also attracted much attention.

as early as 2013, shen liuxi was banned from any football-related activities for life. however, he did not repent and was punished for opening a casino in this case. the chinese football association issued another notice, requiring the entire industry to strictly enforce the ban on him.

10 people sentenced in series of corruption cases in football field

for some time, illegal cases disclosed in the football field have attracted great public attention. more than 10 middle and high-level officials in the football field have been dismissed, including li tie, the former head coach of the chinese men's national football team, chen xuyuan, the former deputy secretary and chairman of the chinese football association, and du zhaocai, the former deputy director of the state general administration of sports and the former secretary of the chinese football association.

on march 26, 2024, five corruption cases in the football field were sentenced on the same day. chen xuyuan, former chairman of the chinese football association, was sentenced to life imprisonment, deprived of political rights for life, and all personal property was confiscated; his illegal gains from bribery were recovered according to law and turned over to the state treasury.

yu hongchen, former chairman of the chinese athletics association and former vice chairman of the chinese football association, was sentenced to 13 years in prison. dong zheng, former general manager of china ford football industry development company and former general manager of the chinese super league co., ltd., was sentenced to 8 years in prison. chen yongliang, former executive vice secretary-general of the chinese football association and former director of the national team management department, was sentenced to 14 years in prison. liu lei, former deputy director of the wuhan national fitness center and former director of the competition department of the wuhan football management center, was sentenced to 2 years and 6 months in prison.

on august 19, 2024, li yuyi, former vice chairman of the chinese football association, and fu xiang, former director of the wuhan football sports management center, were sentenced on the same day. li yuyi and fu xiang were both sentenced to 11 years in prison.

on august 20, 2024, the case of huang song, former director of the competition department of the chinese football association, accepting bribes, and gu jianming, former chairman and secretary-general of the chengdu football association and former member of the executive committee of the chinese football association, for embezzlement, accepting bribes, and corporate bribery, were sentenced on the same day. huang song was sentenced to 7 years in prison, and gu jianming was sentenced to 6 years in prison.

on august 21, 2024, the case of ma chengquan, former director of the executive bureau of the chinese football association professional league council and former chairman of the chinese super league co., ltd., for taking bribes and using his influence to take bribes was pronounced. ma chengquan was sentenced to 11 years and 3 months in prison.

on august 26, the case of qi jun, former director of the strategic planning department of the chinese football association, accepting bribes, and liu gang, former director of the chengdu event operation center and former full-time vice chairman of the chengdu football association, who were charged with embezzlement, accepting bribes, and corporate bribery, were heard in court on the same day.

on august 27, the bribery case of tan hai, former director of the referee management department of the chinese football association, and the bribery case of liu yi, former deputy head of the chinese football association's preparatory group for the change of leadership and former secretary-general of the chinese football association, were also heard in court on the same day.

on august 28, 2024, the wuhan intermediate people's court of hubei province held a public trial of the case of bribery against du zhaocai, former member of the party leadership group and deputy director of the general administration of sport of china, and former secretary of the party committee and vice chairman of the chinese football association.

in addition, on march 28 this year, the xianning intermediate people's court held a public trial at the first instance of the case of li tie, the former head coach of the chinese national men's football team, for accepting bribes, offering bribes, bribery by units, accepting bribes by non-state officials, and bribing non-state officials.

the series of corruption cases in the football field that began in november 2022 has now reached the final trial and sentencing stage. so far, 10 people have been sentenced in related cases, 6 have been tried but not sentenced. in addition, wang xiaoping, former director of the disciplinary committee of the chinese football association, and liu jun, former chairman of the chinese super league company, have not yet been tried in court.

we will continue to promote the special rectification work on "fake gambling and black"

the head of the sports competition department of the general administration of sport of china said, "from the cases investigated, we can see that the problem of 'match-fixing, gambling and black-market football' has the same origin as the problem of football corruption and is mutually reinforcing. match-fixing, gambling and referee fraud breed corruption and corruption also contributes to exacerbating the problem of 'match-fixing, gambling and black-market football'."

so how can we stop the rampant trend of "fake gambling and black"? the state sports general administration, the ministry of public security, and the chinese football association said that in the future, they will continue to take high-pressure measures against the problem of "fake gambling and black" in the professional football league, creating a good environment for the healthy development of chinese football.

zhang xiaopeng, deputy director of the public security administration bureau of the ministry of public security: continue to strengthen the special case crackdown and deterrence, continue to guide local public security organs to focus on key events and important match points, and comprehensively investigate the clues of "fake gambling and black" in the football field. we are still investigating cases. the focus is on gambling, bribery and other illegal crimes, thoroughly investigate the illegal and criminal acts of players, coaches, referees, club managers, etc. who manipulate games and gamble on football, resolutely investigate and crack down on them in accordance with the law, maintain a high-pressure deterrent posture, and effectively purify the industry ecology.

chinese football association chairman song kai: after the disciplinary decision is announced, the relevant situation will be reported to the international organization, and the relevant international organization will decide whether to take further action. in addition, everyone is very concerned about whether the relevant clubs will be punished. we are determined to govern the "fake gambling and black" in the football industry. whether it is players or clubs, as long as they are involved in "fake gambling and black", we will seriously investigate and deal with them in accordance with the law, impose industry penalties, and never tolerate them. we will announce it to the public in a timely manner and accept social supervision.

zhang xin, director of the sports competition department of the general administration of sport of china: in the next step, the general administration of sports, the ministry of public security, and the chinese football association will continue to deepen the joint governance work mechanism, adhere to the simultaneous efforts of clearing existing stocks and curbing new ones, and insist on the same governance, review, and analysis of the "fake gambling and black" problems and corruption issues.

how to further deter fake gambling and black activities in football?

in addition to the player suspension and other punishment measures announced at the press conference, what other measures are there to further deter the problem of "fake gambling and black market" in the football field? let's continue to listen to the analysis of cctv reporter zhang wen.

cctv reporter zhang wen: what we see is mainly the punishment of specific players. referring to international cases, generally speaking, gambling fraud cases will also involve industry-wide punishment of the clubs involved. for example, juventus' famous phone scandal.

in 2006, gazzetta dello sport exposed a telephone recording between juventus general manager moggi and an official who was assigned to referees in the serie a league, which involved team managers interfering with the refereeing arrangements of matches over a long period of time. the incident led to the resignation of the president and vice president of the italian football association within a week.

subsequently, prosecutors in rome, turin, naples and other places began to intervene in the investigation, and more scandals were unearthed. ac milan, lazio and fiorentina were also exposed for suspected fraud. in the end, juventus was relegated and its two league titles were stripped. ac milan, lazio and fiorentina were all deducted points.

at the press conference, in response to everyone's concern about whether the relevant clubs will be punished, the chinese football association responded that the association is determined to deal with the "fake gambling and black" in the football industry. whether it is players or clubs, as long as they are involved in "fake gambling and black", they will be severely investigated and dealt with in accordance with the law and regulations, and industry penalties will be imposed. there will be no leniency, and the association will promptly announce it to the public and accept social supervision.