China's Wu Haiyan (second from right) celebratingher goal with teammate Luo Guiping against Taiwan during the East Asian Football Federation (EAFF) E-1 Football Championship women's match between Taiwan and China in Busan last month. The team now will play the Olympic qualifying tournament next month in Sydney instead of in China. - AFP
BEIJING/SYDNEY: China has withdrawn as host of a four-nation women's Olympic qualifying tournament next month because of concerns about the outbreak of the new coronavirus in the country, Asian soccer officials said on Sunday (Jan 26).
The qualifying group matches, involving Australia, Taiwan, Thailand and China, would be moved to Sydney, the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) said in a statement.
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