Singapore-based company planned to fix ACN game's outcome.
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Fabisch was appointed to Benin post in December
Benin coach Reinhard Fabisch says he was asked before the Squirrels' Africa Cup of Nations match against Mali if he would help fix the game's outcome. Benin lost the Group B match 1-0 after conceding a second-half penalty.
Fabisch is willing to give the Confederation of African Football the name and number of the man who claimed to be from a Singapore-based company.
"He wanted to find out from me if there was any possibility of manipulating the match," Fabisch told BBC Sport. "I told him: 'Look, you have two minutes to leave the hotel or I will call the police'."
Fabisch added that the man - a black African - spoke to him at the team's hotel on Saturday, two days before the Mali defeat. The man said the company he represented claimed to be able to fix matches across Africa and planned to win money in bets on the tournament's opening goal.
The first goal of the Africa Cup of Nations was Ghana's penalty against Guinea on Sunday 20 January, a game the tournament hosts won 2-1. "I was astonished that he had the guts to approach a German to fix a football match," said Fabisch.
"I think that African players are vulnerable to this kind of approach, because many of them don't have money. "This is why poor countries like Benin are targeted. "I cut him short and told him to leave. It doesn't help football.
"I assume that if someone approaches you like that, then they have that (money) in mind." Subsequently Fabisch warned his players to tell him if they were approached. Benin next play Ivory Coast in Sekondi on Friday. -
must be Temas*k or G*C.
haha
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come on come on! give them the name of the company and let them investigate!!
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Benin coach Reinhard Fabisch has been given a 24-hour deadline to confirm his allegations about match-fixing at the Africa Cup of Nations. The Confederation of African Football (Caf) has asked Fabisch to sign an affidavit to confirm the substance of the allegations he made to the BBC. Caf is then expected to launch an investigation into the incident.
World football governing body Fifa told BBC Sport the issue should initially be dealt with by Caf. Fabisch has been given until 1200 GMT on Saturday to sign the affidavit.
The German told the BBC that he was asked if he would help fix the result of his side's match against Mali, and said he would be willing to give Caf details of the man who made the approach.
"He wanted to find out from me if there was any possibility of manipulating the match," Fabisch told BBC Sport. "I told him: 'Look, you have two minutes to leave the hotel or I will call the police'."
Fabisch added that the man - a black African - spoke to him at the team's hotel on Saturday, two days before his side's defeat by Mali. The man said the company he represented claimed to be able to fix matches across Africa and planned to win money in bets on the tournament's opening goal.
The first goal of the Africa Cup of Nations was Asamoah Gyan's penalty for Ghana against Guinea on Sunday 20 January, a game the tournament hosts won 2-1.