translated from Spanish: FIFA suspended first Elimination dates in Asia by coronavirus

“After consultation with the Asian member federations, FIFA and the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) have agreed to postpone the next Asian qualifiers of the 2022 FIFA World Cup Qatar.” Thus begins the official communiqué published on the website of the world. From the suspension of several leagues and matches, or the dispute of them behind closed doors, this new decision from the coronavirus outbreak in China and other parts of the world, football was forced to slow down on the continent that has the most affected until the faith Cha.
“The matches scheduled for international play from 23 to 31 March 2020 and from 1 to 9 June 2020 have been postponed. FIFA and the AFC will agree on the details of the postponed matches,” they add, without releasing new days in which they will be played. Still, part of the same text they claim that it will still be possible to play the matches during the international periods of March or June 2020 with the prior approval of FIFA and the AFC. On the other hand, the measures not only affect what has to do with the Qatar 2022 World Cup.The 2020 AFC Turkmensal Futsal Championship, which serves as a qualifying tournament for the 2020 Lithuanian World Cup, was postponed and will be played from August 5-16 , while the championship that brings together all associations is maintained to be played between September 12 and October 4.

For the time being, the Olympic Games stand despite the coronavirus. Photo: Twitter 

As for the Olympic Football Tournaments are played according to the calendar (July 22 to August 8), except for the women’s qualifying qualifier between the Republic of Korea and China from 1 to 10 June. However, this is tied to the decision to hold the Tokyo Olympics as normal.” FIFA and the FCA will continue to assess the situation with respect to COVID-19 and decide whether further changes to the Asian qualifiers for the 2022 FIFA World Cup should be made in order to ensure safety and to protect the health of everyone involved,” he said.

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