Soccer-Vanuatu withdraw from World Cup qualifying due to COVID-19

(Reuters) - Vanuatu have pulled out of Oceania's qualification tournament for this year's World Cup finals in Qatar due to a majority of their players and staff testing positive for COVID-19, the country's football federation (VFF) said on Saturday.

Vanuatu's first match of the tournament against Tahiti on March 17 was postponed due to a number of positive COVID-19 cases in their camp. Vanuatu were then scheduled to play Solomon Islands on Sunday.