Overview

• Bookmakers’ early-warning systems detected unusually large bets from newly registered customers on a heavy Hemelingen defeat with many goals before the match.
• Betting companies alerted the BKA, and investigators from the BKA, DFB and the Sportwettenverband compared betting-slip names with team lists and reviewed betting-shop video footage.
• Authorities found no evidence of manipulation and closed the case, leaving Wolfsburg’s 9:0 first-round win untouched.
• A rumor that a current Hemelingen player bet against his team was not substantiated, with a relevant wager traced to a former club player.
• The Sportwettenverband said the episode demonstrated that monitoring systems function as intended, and Hemelingen reacted with relief.