Olympic women's football qualifiers re-scheduled amid Team China quarantine

China's top striker Wang Shuang (in red) will not play for the team during the Tokyo Olympics women's football qualifiers because she is down with fever and coronavirus symptoms. - AP/Xinhua/ANN

SYDNEY: Football Federation Australia (FFA) confirmed on Friday that the Tokyo Olympics women's football qualifiers have been re-scheduled as the Chinese team are being quarantined in Brisbane until Feb 5 amid concerns of the coronavirus outbreak.

The Asian Olympic qualification matches, with China, Australia, Chinese Taipei and Thailand included in Group B, were scheduled to take place in Sydney from February 3 to 9. As Team China's quarantine ends on February 5, the FFA added an additional match day on Feb 12 when China will take on Australia, after facing Thailand on Feb 6 and Chinese Taipei on Feb 9.