May 7 – The Asian Football Confederation has handed out bans to a female match official and a player, both from Mongolia, for attempting to fix an AFC Women’s Champions League game for 2025/26 (Preliminary Stage) match, for betting.
“Following an extensive investigation, the AFC Disciplinary and Ethics Committee has taken firm action against attempted match manipulation by banning Mongolian football official Ms. Munkhtsetseg Batkhuu and player Ms. Namuuna Narmandakh from all football-related activities for ten and five years, respectively,” the AFC said in a statement.
The match was between Stallion Laguna FC of the Philippines and Mongolia’s Khovd Western FC on August 25, 2025. Stallion Laguna won 6-1.
The match fixing report said that both individuals were found guilty of conspiring to manipulate the result in violation of Article 66.1 of the AFC Disciplinary and Ethics Code.
The investigations was conducted as part of the four-year Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) the AFC signed with the International Betting Integrity Association (IBIA), in 2024 to show.
That pact see the two boldies working closely to detect irregular betting patterns and suspicious activities in football matches across Asia. IBIA, through its Monitoring and Alert Platform, shares real-time data on suspicious betting activity with the AFC, enabling the AFC to investigate potential match manipulation.
The AFC said these sanctions reaffirm its zero-tolerance policy against any type of match manipulation and its continued commitment to protecting the integrity of Asian football.
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