Table Tennis Overtakes Football in Suspected Betting Alerts, IBIA Reports

The International Betting Integrity Association (IBIA) reported 67 suspicious betting alerts across eight sports in the third quarter of 2026, according to its latest quarterly report.

Table tennis accounted for the highest number of alerts, with 20, or 30% of the total. This was nearly seven times the three alerts reported in the second quarter.

All 20 alerts related to competitions not organised by the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF).

Football ranked second with 15 alerts, down from 25 in the previous quarter, while tennis placed third with 11, up from nine.

The remaining alerts were distributed across five sports:

• Cricket: 9
• Esports: 8
• Greyhound racing: 2
• Basketball: 1
• Badminton: 1

Overall, the number of suspicious betting alerts fell by 12% compared with the second quarter of 2026, when IBIA reported 76 alerts. The figure was also 28% lower than the 93 alerts recorded in the third quarter of 2025.

Europe, however, saw the opposite trend, with alerts rising from 25 to 43. The region accounted for 64% of all alerts worldwide.

Outside Europe, IBIA identified seven alerts in Africa, six in South America, two in North America and one in Asia. A further eight alerts involved esports competitions and were not attributed to individual countries because of their international nature.

Poland led the list with 12 alerts, followed by Belgium (8) and the Czech Republic (7). The United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Ukraine and Ecuador each had three alerts.

An IBIA alert does not in itself prove that a match was fixed. The association shares relevant information with the appropriate authorities for further examination, while conclusions about match manipulation can only be drawn after an investigation.