On January 24, the AFC officially announced that the host of the 2022 Asian Cup, India, withdrew due to the epidemic, and all the games related to it were cancelled, and the results of the match were not counted. Therefore, the Chinese women's football team has determined the top spot in the group to advance.
On January 23, in the second round of Group A of the 20th Women's Asian Cup, the host Indian women's football team was affected by the Omicron virus and could not submit a list of at least 13 players to the organizing committee before the match, and the match between India and Chinese Taipei was forced to be cancelled. On January 24, the AFC officially announced that the host, India, was withdrawing from the tournament.
According to the provisions of Chapter IV, Paragraph 1 of the Rules for the Special Application of AFC Affairs under the Epidemic, which was specially formulated by the AFC during the epidemic, if a team is unable to submit a list of at least 13 players (including at least one goalkeeper) before the match, whether or not it is related to the epidemic, resulting in the inability to participate in the game, it must bear full responsibility and treat it as a withdrawal. Therefore, the Indian women's football team withdrew from this women's Asian Cup, and all the matches related to it were cancelled, and the results of the matches were not counted.
At the same time, according to the "2022 AFC India Women's Asian Cup Competition Regulations", after the Indian women's football team withdrew, there were only 3 teams left in Group A where the Chinese women's football team was located, but the entire qualifying rules remained unchanged, and the top two of the three groups were still promoted, and the two third places with the best results would also be granted the right to qualify. In this way, after the Chinese women's football team won two games, it has locked up the first place in Group A, and the clash between Chinese Taipei and Iran will determine the second place in the group.
For the Chinese women's football team, the best news is that it avoids the confrontation with the Indian women's football team, which completely avoids the risk of being infected because of the confrontation.
Wen | Ma Dexing
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