The taskforce's first meeting will be held in Melbourne on Wednesday and also include officials from the country's border security force and financial crime watchdog AUSTRAC.

Government watchdog Sport Integrity Australia (SIA), which will lead the group, said it had received no specific intelligence suggesting threats to the 12-nation Asian Cup, which Australia will host from 1 to 21 March, 2026.

However, the taskforce will focus on prevention, deterrence and education.

"Athletes arrive from a wide range of countries, each with different levels of understanding and attitudes towards match-fixing," James Moller, SIA head of international relationships and strategy, said.

"Part of our role is to make it very clear that match-fixing is a criminal offence in Australia, taken very seriously, and investigated accordingly by law enforcement."

Football in Australia has seen two spot-fixing cases in the courts in recent months involving players at teams in the top-flight A-League.

Former Macarthur Bulls captain Ulises Davila pleaded guilty at a Sydney court on Thursday to corruption charges involving manipulation of yellow cards in A-League matches.

Two of his former team-mates were fined by a court last month while avoiding convictions in the same case.

Former Western United midfielder Riku Danzaki was convicted of fraud in August in a separate case of yellow card manipulation in the A-League.

The national soccer players' union called on Australian authorities to ban gambling on yellow cards to stop manipulation in matches.

Moller said gambling regulation was important but not in the SIA's remit.

"What I can say is that, while domestic regulation is important, many of the more concerning betting markets exist offshore, where we have limited ability to intervene," he added.

"These markets can include types of bets that are more vulnerable to manipulation, and they present an ongoing risk regardless of how we regulate locally."