What Is Match Fixing Accused Of At The Louvre Surabaya Club?

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YOGYAKARTA Not long ago, the Central Board of the Indonesian Basketball Association (PP Perbasi) froze the activities of the Louvre Surabaya club. This was done because there were indications that the team had match fixing while competing in the 2023 ASEAN Basketball League (ABL).

"In connection with the ongoing investigation by PP PERBASI, all activities of the Louvre Surabaya club are officially frozen until an undetermined time limit," said Secretary General of PP Perbasi Nirmala Dewi in Jakarta, Thursday, February 23, 2023, quoted from Antara.

Head of PP Perbasi Danny Kosasih explained that the temporary suspension of the activities of the Surabaya Louvre is expected to help the process of investigating the alleged match fixing of the club.

"We will conduct further investigations regarding the indications of this match fixing," Danny said.

What's Match Fixing?

In a competition, match fixing is a match-fixing so that it gives rise to the desired score or result, as summarized from various sources, Saturday, March 4, 2023.

Match fixing can occur in basketball competitions, football, badminton or any sport.

Match fixing's goal in competition cannot be separated from gambling. Bandar or petaruh in the gambling world, will arrange the results of the match for profit.

However, there is also a match arrangement so that in the future we will not meet with a strong team.

One of the match fixing scandals in Indonesia that was revealed and exposed by the media occurred in the 2017 Indonesian Basketball League (IBL) competition.

At that time, there were eight JNE Siliwangi Bandung club basketball players plus one official who did match fixing during the competition. The players are Ferdinand Damanik, Tri Wilopo, Gian Gumilar, Haritsa Herlusdityo, Untung Gendro Maryono, Fredy, Vinton Nolan Surawi, and Robertus Riza Raharjo.

The official team involved is named Zulhilmi Fatturohman. Those involved in match fixing then received punishment and were prohibited from being involved in IBL competitions throughout their lives.

In other cases, in 2021, 5 basketball players from the Pacific Caesar club, namely Aga Siedartha, Arisanda, Gabriel Senduk, Yoseph Wijaya, and Aziz Wardhana. As well as one player from Bali United, namely Yeriks Yerik Tuasela, a fine of 100 million and prohibited from appearing in IBL for their lifetime for making match fixing.

These basketball players were proven to have committed violations in the regular season of the competition. Their actions were exposed after IBL and Perbasi investigated the perpetrators.

So, how does match fixing work?

Originally, match fixing or match fixing occurred through certain parties who paid players not to play optimally in the match.

There are also players who are bribed to pretend to be injured or sick so they cannot compete long before the match starts.

Not only players, but referees can also be targeted by certain parties to provide benefits for a team.

In essence, all those involved in the match can be suspected of making match fixing. Match fixing will be even more successful if many parties are involved.

That's the information about match fixing along with the example of the case. Keep in mind, what is match fixing is match fixing so that it gives rise to the desired score or result. Hopefully this information can add insight to the loyal reader VOI.ID.