Kuala Lumpur [Malaysia], July 5 (ANI): The Executive Committee of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) on Monday approved the AFC Women’s Football Committee’s recommendation to cancel the AFC U-17 Women’s Asian Cup Indonesia 2022 and AFC U20 Women’s Asian Cup Uzbekistan 2022. .
The confederation also decided to reschedule the qualifying tournament for the 2022 Women’s Asian Cup to be held in India due to COVID-19.
“The AFC Executive Committee recognized the importance of prioritizing the health and safety of all stakeholders, especially young players across the continent, against the backdrop of the ongoing uncertainty and challenges caused by the current pandemic. It was also decided that the same host would stage the next editions of both the competitions in 2024,” the AFC said in an official release.
Additionally, in preparation for the AFC Women’s Asian Cup India 2022, the AFC Executive Committee also decided to provide more flexibility in finalizing the dates for the qualifiers, which are currently scheduled for September 13 to 25, 2021. May be in view of the challenges. The availability of hosts stems from team travel arrangements, quarantine and medical measures imposed by many countries.
Therefore, the AFC will now work with the respective host member associations to finalize the dates of the competition to complete the qualifiers.
The AFC Executive Committee also approved the recommendation of the AFC Futsal and Beach Soccer Committee to cancel the AFC Women’s Futsal Championship Kuwait 2020 and the AFC U20 Futsal Asian Cup 2021.
Meanwhile, the AFC Futsal Asian Cup Kuwait 2022 qualifiers, originally scheduled for October 13 to 24, 2021, has also been rescheduled in a window from April 1 to 15, 2022, with the final competition scheduled for February 16. since 27 September. until 20 October.
Additionally, the AFC Executive Committee also noted the preference of host member associations to gain valuable international exposure, technical preparation and hosting experience by participating in qualifying competitions, despite receiving an automatic place in the finals.
In light of this, and to maintain the fairness of qualifying competitions, the AFC Executive Committee agreed to allow host member associations to participate in qualifiers, which would be considered friendly matches and would have no bearing when calculating group rankings. and best- positioned teams among all groups in the respective qualifier. (ANI)
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