CFA has "no plans" to move Olympic qualifiers away from Wuhan


China's Li Mengwen (right) vying for the ball with Taiwan's Chen Yen-ping during the East Asian Football Federation (EAFF) Football Championship women's match in Busan last month. China will be hosting one of the group tourney in the Asian Women's 2020 Olympic qualifiers in Wuhan. - AFP/Xinhua/ANN

BEIJING: The Chinese Football Association (CFA) has no plans to move the upcoming 2020 Olympic women's football qualifiers out of Wuhan, where coronavirus-related pneumonia cases have been reported, a CFA source said on Monday (Jan 20).

Australia, China, Thailand and Chinese Taipei are set to play a series of qualifying matches in Wuhan from Feb 3 to 9.

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