The AFC said that its executive committee has “decided to provide greater flexibility in finalising the dates for the Qualifiers taking into consideration the challenges that may arise from the availability of hosts, team travel arrangements, quarantine and medical measures imposed by several nations”.
The tournament is scheduled to be held in India from January 20 to February 6. (Courtesy by AIFF)
HIGHLIGHTS
- The qualifiers are currently scheduled for September 13 to 25
- The tournament proper is supposed to be held in India from January 20 to February 6, 2022
- The AFC said that it took into consideration the challenges that may arise from the availability of hosts among others
The qualifiers for the AFC Women’s Asian Cup 2022, which was set to be held in India from September 13 to 25, 2021, is set to be rescheduled due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) said on Monday.
The AFC said that its executive committee has “decided to provide greater flexibility in finalising the dates for the Qualifiers, which is currently scheduled for September 13 to 25, 2021, taking into consideration the challenges that may arise from the availability of hosts, team travel arrangements, quarantine and medical measures imposed by several nations”.
The tournament proper is supposed to be held in India from January 20 to February 6, 2022.
“…the AFC will now work with the relevant host Member Associations to finalise the competition dates to complete the Qualifiers,” it said.
The AFC Executive Committee has also approved the Women’s Football Committee’s recommendation to cancel next year’s U-17 Women’s Asian Cup Indonesia and the U-20 Women’s Asian Cup Uzbekistan.
It was also decided that the same hosts will stage the next editions of both competitions in 2024.
Therefore, the AFC will now work with the relevant host member associations to finalise the competition dates to complete the qualifiers.
Additionally, the committee also noted the preference of host member associations to gain valuable international exposure, technical preparation and hosting experience by participating in the qualifying competitions despite receiving an automatic spot in the Finals.
In light of this, and to maintain fairness of the qualifying competitions, the AFC executive committee agreed to allow host member associations to participate in the qualifiers, which will be considered as friendly matches and have no bearing when calculating the group rankings and best positioned teams among all the groups in the respective qualifiers.
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