About the National Platform
The purpose of the National Platform is to tackle the manipulation of sports competitions in order to protect the integrity of sport and sports ethicsBy reporting you protect sports you participate in, athletes and the values of sport.
Manipulation of sport competitions devalues the essence of sport, violates the principle of integrity and unpredictability of competition results. Manipulation causes distrust and disrespect from the public. Reporting is a way of transmitting information that helps to identify cases of manipulation, investigate them and impose penalties provided for by law.
In addition, if you are an athlete, coach, referee or support staff member, you should be aware that concealing cases of manipulation may result in criminal and disciplinary liability. In such cases, reporting an incident of manipulation of sport contributes to protection of sport and makes you part of the solution, not the problem.
Manipulation of sports competitions means an intentional arrangement, act or omission aimed at an improper alteration of the result or the course of a sports competition in order to remove all or part of the unpredictable nature of the aforementioned sports competition with a view to obtaining an undue advantage for oneself or for others.
Manipulation of sports competitions can have many forms. They are aimed at obtaining any unlawful benefit by improperly influencing the result of sports competitions.
A striking example of sports competition manipulation is a match-fixing. In particular, when two teams or athletes have an agreement to achieve a certain result in a competition, for which one party receives a reward (money or any other profit), and the other party wins the sports competition.
According to the Olympic Movement Code on the Manipulation of Sports Competitions adopted by international and national federations, as well as the Council of Europe Convention on the Manipulation of Sports Competitions (the Macolin Convention), the following violations for a participant (athlete, coach, judge, support staff member, etc.) can be identified: direct interference by interested parties in sports competitions; changing the personality or personal data of an athlete in order to influence the on sports competitions or on the result of it; influencing the result of a sports competition by modifying playing surfaces, equipment, athlete physiology, sports facilities, etc; betting on own sport/discipline/tournament; leaking information about oneself, one's team or other athletes to gain unlawful advantage.