중국 축구경기의 승부조작과 법적 규제에 관한 연구

Abstract

A series of recent soccer match-fixing cases in the K-League have handed the shock and disappointment to the soccer fans. However, throughout this case, it might be positive that there has been a growing voice of reforming and cleaning the soccer sector. In the case of China, a major soccer match-fixing cases were investigated in 2009 by the Chinese government in an effort to find and disconnect the source of sports betting, achieving significant results. In other words, China found evidences for match-fixing matches involving a professional gamblers in China and outside China and indicted most of the people related to match-fixing games to purify the Chinese soccer sector. It will be possible to derive comparative measures in the law between China and Korea by looking at Chinese soccer match-fixing type, and the Chinese government's response. On the top of that, this study will give implications to Korean soccer match-fixing case and its legal treatment. In the case of China, judicial process through the bars, and criminal penalties was strictly implemented in order to break the cycle of the deep-rooted sports gambling. However, in addition to those penalties, there is opinion of requiring reformation of the basic attitude of soccer sector in China. Most importantly, both China and South Korea will have to try to improve their system by eliminating football's old bad habits and strengthening the players' position lest to fall into the temptation of gambling and match-fixing.