Women soccer qualifiers moved from China
By AFP
January 23, 2020
BEIJING: Women’s football qualifiers for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics will be moved from the Chinese city at the centre of a virus outbreak to another location in the country, the Asian Football Confederation said Wednesday.
Wuhan was supposed to host China, Taiwan, Thailand and Australia for the Group B qualifiers February 3-9, but they will now be held on the same dates in the eastern city of Nanjing, AFC said in a statement.
It said the change was proposed by the Chinese Football Association.Boxing qualification bouts for the Olympics that were scheduled to take place next month in Wuhan will be relocated, Japan’s Kyodo news agency reported Wednesday. Citing organisers, Kyodo said the qualifiers would be rescheduled and moved from Wuhan.
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