FIFA confirmed on the 9th that the Asian region qualifier of Qatar World Cup scheduled to be held in March and June will be postponed due to the impact of the new Crown pneumonia epidemic, the Olympic qualifier of the Chinese women’s football team and the South Korean team was postponed to June 4 and 9.
Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, March 9th (reporter Xiao Shiyao, public soldier) FIFA confirmed on the 9th that, the Qatar World Cup Asian qualifier scheduled to be held in March and June will be postponed due to the impact of the new Crown pneumonia epidemic. The Olympic qualifier of the Chinese women’s football team and the South Korean team will be postponed to June 4 and 9.
FIFA said in the announcement: “The World Cup Asian qualifier originally scheduled for March 23-31 and June 1-9 will be postponed. The specific date Fifa and Fifa still need further discussion.”
However, FIFA also said that when the safety conditions of all parties meet the competition requirements, the participating associations can still apply for the competition in March or June with the approval of Fifa and Fifa.
On March 5th, FIFA confirmed that it would discuss with the Asian Football League to postpone the Asian qualifier of the World Cup, and said: “for FIFA and the Asian Football Association, the health on the court is always the first.” On March 2 and 8, the Asian Football Association convened the representatives of the associations and clubs in East Asia and West Asia to hold an emergency meeting to discuss the impact of the new Crown pneumonia epidemic on the World Cup qualifier, the Asian Champions League and other events.
According to the original schedule, the Chinese team will play against Maldives and Guam in Thailand Buriram on March 26 and March 31, and against the Philippines and Syria on June 4 and June 9. After the game was confirmed to be postponed, the Chinese team said it would cancel the trip to Thailand and planned to continue the training in Dubai, UAE until March 25. In the current group A standings of the top 40 FIFA World Cup qualification, Chinese men have the second place in the group with A score of 7 points, which is enough to win 2 in 4 battles, 1 draw and 1 negative, the first Syrian team of the group, which was behind more than one match, scored 8 points.
In the statement, FIFA also said that the two-round Tokyo Olympic qualifier of the Chinese women’s football team and Korea Repubilc women team will be held from June 1-9. The Chinese Football Association later issued a statement confirming that the competition would be held on June 4 and 9, but the hosting place has not been determined.
The Chinese Football Association said, “the war between China and South Korea was originally scheduled to be held in Longren, South Korea and Sydney, Australia on March 6 and 12. However, due to the impact of the new Crown pneumonia epidemic, the Asian Football Association announced earlier that the two-round match between China and South Korea would be postponed to April 9 and 14. Later, at the emergency meeting of the Asian Football Association, the Football Association of China and South Korea further applied with the Asian Football Association to propose a plan to postpone the competition to June.”