PREVENTION OF COMPETITION MANIPULATION
Competition manipulation or match-fixing is an intentional arrangement, act or omission aimed at an improper alteration of the result or the course of a sport competition in order to remove all or part of the unpredictable nature of it. Manipulating a competition kills sport and can destroy careers.
FIBA, in collaboration with the International Olympic Committee, has hosted a series of mandatory webinars on the topic of integrity in recent years in order to raise awareness about the rights and obligations of players and staff towards betting and match-fixing. FIBA has also collaborated with Athlete 365, the IOC’s official community for elite Athletes and Olympians, which provides support through relevant advice, tools, and services, to produce an educational video on betting.
The following initiatives are part of FIBA's Integrity Program:
SWISH
A Sport Integrity and Policies program for National Federations, SWISH is part of the TIME-OUT 2.0 program.
SWISH is a purposely designed program aimed to educate and mentor selected participants in management and administration in the area of integrity and sport policies with the objective of successfully understanding FIBA's regulations as well as the importance of being compliant with integrity policies or regulations.
Through a series of presentations by experts from the field of sport policy across a wide range of sporting organizations, workshops and discussions on various rules and regulations, the aim of the program is to ensure that all participants and their federations have clarity and understanding of the FIBA regulations as well as other key sport policies.
The main objective of the SWISH program is to share useful and tailor-made knowledge that will help representatives in their role within their National Federations.
SINGLE POINT OF CONTACT (SPOC)
Our network of integrity specialists is expanding, and National Federations are obliged to appoint a single point of contact (SPOC) for integrity, serving as a direct link to FIBA. The SPOC will be responsible for implementing FIBA’s Code of Ethics and Integrity at the national level, promoting integrity education, and managing the national reporting platform. FIBA provides continual support to SPOCs by sharing best practices.
REPORT INTEGRITY CONCERNS
Standard or anonymous reports can be made via the FIBA Speak Up Platform here and are confidential.
This platform is intended to report concerns related to integrity within basketball, including FIBA, National Federations, clubs, or other basketball-related parties. This includes, but is not limited to:
Harassment and abuse, discrimination, or other serious misconduct.
Match-manipulation or betting-related issues.
Doping-related violations.
Governance issues, including election manipulation, abuse of power or authority by officials, leaders, or organizations (such as leagues, federations or clubs).
The International Olympic Committee and WADA integrity platforms are also available here.