The Chinese Football Association announced on the evening of the 9th that due to the new crown pneumonia epidemic, the Olympic preliminaries between the Chinese women's football team and the Korean women's football team will be postponed to June. This is the second time the game has been postponed.
data map: Chinese women's football team competes in the Olympic preliminaries. China News Agency reporter Tao Shelan photo
Football Association announcement wrote: "FIFA announced that out of public health and safety considerations, the Chinese Football Association and the Korean Football Association have jointly applied for and discussed with the AFC, and decided to combine the Chinese team with the Korean team. The Olympic Women’s Football Asian Regional Qualifiers play-offs were postponed to June 4 and 9, 2020."
"According to the original schedule, the China-Korea battle was originally scheduled for March 6 and 12 in Yongin and Korea. Held in Sydney, Australia. However, due to the impact of the new crown pneumonia epidemic, the AFC announced that the two rounds of the Chinese and Korean teams will be postponed to April 9 and 14. The AFC will be held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on the 2nd of this month. In the emergency meeting of the United Nations, the Chinese and Korean Football Associations further applied to the AFC to postpone the game to June."
"The Chinese women's football team returned to China after completing their training in Sydney on March 6. Regroup before the game. At that time, China and South Korea will compete for a place to qualify for the Tokyo Olympics after two rounds of home and away games. At present, the venue and kick-off time of the two rounds have not yet been determined." (End)
