Sport Events Cancelled due to Coronavirus Outbreak

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39 minutes ago, Cobi said:

 

The Zonal Qualifiers are in April, so it would not be possible.

 

they can postpone them, too...

 

actually, I bet on some kind of troubles for them since now...

[cornwall0001 5]

IIHF World Championships Division IV which was due to be held in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan from the 3rd to the 5th of March has been postponed due to Coronavirus.

 

According to the National Teams of Ice Hockey social media pages a letter has been sent to the IIHF and dates for Division IV are to be announced.

Edited February 29, 2020 by cornwall0001
Postponed not cancelled

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Sports Events affected by the Coronavirus Outbreak

Updated as of February 29th, 2020

 

Start Date	End Date	Event	Status
3 February	14 February	Boxing IOC Asian & Oceanian Olympic Games Qualifier 2020	Moved
4 February	8 February	Women's Tennis ITF Fed Cup 2020 (Asian/Oceanian Group I)	Moved
6 February	9 February	Women's Basketball FIBA Olympic Games Qualification Tournament 2020 (Foshan)	Moved
10 February	16 February	Athletics WA Gold Label Road Races 2020 (Standard Chartered Hong Kong Marathon)	Cancelled
10 February	16 February	Men's Ice Hockey IIHF Under 20 Division I Challenge Cup of Asia 2020	Cancelled
10 February	16 February	Men's Ice Hockey IIHF Under 20 Challenge Cup of Asia 2020	Cancelled
12 February	13 February	Athletics AAA Indoor Asian Championships 2020	Cancelled
12 February	16 February	Men's Water Polo AASF Asian Championship 2020	Cancelled
12 February	16 February	Women's Water Polo AASF Asian Championship 2020	Cancelled
14 February	16 February	Equestrian FEI Jumping Longines Masters Series 2020 (Hong Kong)	Cancelled
15 February	16 February	Alpine Skiing FIS World Cup 2019 - 2020 (Yanqing)	Cancelled
19 February	23 February	Skateboarding WS Street Asian Championships 2020	Postponed
20 February	23 February	Women's Golf IGF LPGA Tour 2020 (Honda LPGA Thailand)	Cancelled
20 February	28 February	IWAS World Games 2020	Postponed
21 February	23 February	Winter X Games Chongli 2020	Cancelled
22 February	27 February	Wheelchair Fencing IWAS Asian Championships 2020	Postponed
23 February	29 February	Men's Road Cycling UCI World Tour 2020 (UAE Tour)	Cancelled
23 February	1 March	Men's Road Cycling UCI ProSeries 2020 (Tour of Hainan)	Cancelled
24 February	26 February	Wheelchair Fencing IWAS Under 17 & Under 23 World Championships 2020	Postponed
24 February	27 February	Women's Ice Hockey IIHF Division I Challenge Cup of Asia 2020	Cancelled
25 February	27 February	Men's 3x3 Wheelchair Basketball IWBF World Championship 2020	Cancelled
25 February	27 February	Women's 3x3 Wheelchair Basketball IWBF World Championship 2020	Cancelled
25 February	28 February	Women's Ice Hockey IIHF Challenge Cup of Asia 2020	Cancelled
25 February	1 March	Badminton BWF Lingshui China Masters 2020	Postponed
26 February	5 March	Fencing FCA Cadet & Junior Asian Championships 2020	Postponed
26 February	8 March	Men's Futsal AFC Asian Championship 2020	Postponed
27 February	1 March	Para Swimming IPC World Series 2020 (Lignano Sabbiadoro)	Cancelled
27 February	1 March	Weightlifting AWF East Asian Championships 2020	Cancelled
27 February	1 March	Women's Golf IGF LPGA Tour 2020 (HSBC Women’s World Championship)	Cancelled
28 February	1 March	Table Tennis ATTU Asian Cup 2020	Postponed
28 February	1 March	Women's Golf IGF China LPGA Tour 2020 (EFG Hong Kong Ladies Open)	Postponed
3 March	5 March	Men's Ice Hockey IIHF Division IV World Championship 2020	Postponed
3 March	7 March	Beach Volleyball FIVB World Tour 2019 - 2020 (Bandar Abbas)	Postponed
3 March	8 March	Badminton BWF Yonex German Open 2020	Cancelled
5 March	8 March	Women's Golf IGF China LPGA Tour 2020 (Blue Bay Tournament)	Cancelled
5 March	8 March	Women's Golf IGF LPGA Tour 2020 (Blue Bay Tournament)	Cancelled
6 March	8 March	Fencing FIE World Cup 2019 - 2020 (Padua)	Cancelled
6 March	8 March	Fencing FIE World Cup 2019 - 2020 (Tauberbischofsheim)	Cancelled
8 March	15 March	Women's Water Polo FINA Olympic Games Qualification Tournament 2020	Postponed
9 March	9 March	Fencing EFC European Cup 2019 - 2020 (Padua)	Cancelled
12 March	15 March	Women's Golf IGF LPGA of Korea Tour 2020 (Taiwan Women's Golf Open)	Cancelled
13 March	15 March	Athletics WA Indoor World Championships 2020	Cancelled
13 March	15 March	Short Track Speed Skating ISU World Championships 2020	Postponed
14 March	21 March	Weightlifting IWF Junior World Championships 2020	Cancelled
15 March	20 March	Badminton BA Senior Asian Championships 2020	Postponed
16 March	21 March	Men's Blind Football IBSA World Grand Prix 2020	Cancelled
16 March	21 March	Women's Golf IGF China LPGA Tour 2020 (Hengqin Phoenix Tree Building Orient International Golf Challenge)	Postponed
21 March	21 March	Formula E FIA World Championship 2019 - 2020 (Sanya E-Prix)	Cancelled
22 March	29 March	Table Tennis ITTF Team World Championships 2020	Postponed
26 March	28 March	Women's Golf IGF China LPGA Tour 2020 (CTBC Ladies Classic)	Postponed
27 March	29 March	Wrestling UWW Asian Olympic Games Qualifier 2020	Moved
10 April	11 April	Taekwondo WTA Asian Olympic Games Qualifier 2020	Moved
16 April	25 April	Weightlifting AWF Asian Championships 2020	Moved
17 April	19 April	Formula 1 FIA World Championship 2020 (Heineken Chinese Grand Prix)	Postponed

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Lots of tournaments have beden either cancelled, moved or postponed which is bad news. Somehow in the end if the Coronavirus is still spreading vastly there is a very high possibility that even the Tokyo 2020 Olympics will be cancelled. Here is the latest updates of the Coronavirus.

 

Confirmed Cases and Deaths by Country, Territory, or Conveyance

The coronavirus COVID-19 is affecting 62 countries and territories around the world and 1 international conveyance (the Diamond Princess cruise ship harbored in Yokohama, Japan).

 

 

Country, Other	Total Cases	New Cases	Total Deaths	New Deaths	Active Cases	Total Recovered	Serious, Critical
China	79,257	+433	2,835	+47	37,121	39,301	7,664
S. Korea	3,150	+813	17	+1	3,109	24	10
Italy	1,128	+239	29	+8	1,049	50	105
Diamond Princess	705		6		689	10	36
Iran	593	+205	43	+9	427	123
Japan	241	+8	5		204	32	20
Singapore	102	+4			30	72	7
Hong Kong	93		2		61	30	6
Germany	79	+5			63	16	2
France	73	+16	2		59	12	1
USA	66	+3			59	7	1
Spain	50	+17			48	2	2
Kuwait	45				45
Thailand	42	+1			14	28	2
Bahrain	41	+3			41
Taiwan	39	+5	1		33	5	1
Australia	25				10	15
Malaysia	25				3	22
U.K.	23	+3			15	8
U.A.E.	21	+2			16	5	2
Switzerland	19	+4			19
Canada	16	+1			13	3
Vietnam	16				0	16
Iraq	13	+5			13
Sweden	12	+1			12
Macao	10				4	6
Austria	9	+2			9
Israel	7				6	1
Lebanon	7	+3			7
Norway	7	+1			7
Croatia	6	+1			6
Netherlands	6	+4			6
Oman	6				5	1
Greece	4				4
Pakistan	4	+2			4
Philippines	3		1		0	2
Denmark	3	+1			3
Finland	3				2	1
Georgia	3	+1			3
India	3				0	3
Mexico	3	+1			3
Romania	3				2	1
Russia	2				0	2
Afghanistan	1				1
Algeria	1				1
Azerbaijan	1				1
Belarus	1				1
Belgium	1				0	1
Brazil	1				1
Cambodia	1				0	1
Ecuador	1	+1			1		1
Egypt	1				0	1
Estonia	1				1
Iceland	1				1
Lithuania	1				1
North Macedonia	1				1
Monaco	1				1
Nepal	1				0	1
New Zealand	1				1
Nigeria	1				1
Qatar	1	+1			1
San Marino	1				1		1
Sri Lanka	1				0	1
Total:	85,983	1,786	2,941	65	43,239	39,803	7,861

 

As can be seen from the table above we have 9 countries such as Sri Lanka, Nepal, Egypt, Cambodia, Belgium, Russia, India, Phillippines and Vietnam with no more cases left. These 9 countries have been doing a good job to stop the Coronavirus from spreading in their respective countries. Next is Malaysia who have 25 cases but 22 patient have healed leaving them with 3 more patients. Denmark, Georgia, Mexico and Malaysia now have only 3 cases left. Macao have only 4 cases left after 6 patient have healed. Greece, Pakistan and Macao are left with 4 cases thus far.

 

The most worrying one had to be China, South Korea, Diamond Princess international conveyance, Italy, Iran and Japan who have high number of cases. Italy has now become the place to spread the Coronavirus in the European continent Meanwhile South Korea has turned into little China with many cases reported on daily basis. South Korea has now reached the red alert critical stage together with China.

 

Somehow, Tokyo 2020 Olympics could be badly affected as Japan is also one of those high risk countries where the Coronavirus still continue to spread. When many people gather together in large groups and have close contacts it is easier for the Coronavirus to spread. Hence if the Tokyo 2020 Olympics is held just as usual, the probability of athletes being contracted with Coronavirus is very high. Due to this the Tokyo 2020 Olympics might be affected as well.

Edited February 29, 2020 by up and down

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https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2020/feb/26/tokyo-olympic-games-could-be-cancelled-if-coronavirus-not-controlled-ioc-member-says

 

Concern is growing over the impact of the coronavirus on the Olympic Games after new cases in Japan were confirmed and the domestic top-flight football competition was called off until next month.

 

A senior member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) said outright cancellation of the Games, rather than postponement or relocation, would be likely if the disease proved too dangerous for the event – which is scheduled to start on 24 July – to go ahead.

 

Dick Pound, a former Canadian swimming champion who has been on the IOC since 1978, estimated there is a three-month window – perhaps a two-month one – to decide the fate of the Tokyo Games, meaning a decision could be put off until late May.

 

“In and around that time, I’d say folks are going to have to ask: ‘Is this under sufficient control that we can be confident about going to Tokyo or not?’” Pound told Associated Press.

 

As the Games draw near, he said, “A lot of things have to start happening. You’ve got to start ramping up your security, your food, the Olympic Village, the hotels. The media folks will be in there, building their studios.”

 

If the IOC decides the games cannot go forward as scheduled in Tokyo, “you’re probably looking at a cancellation”, he said.

 

Three new coronavirus cases were confirmed on Tuesday among users of the same gym in Chiba. The city, just north of Tokyo, is scheduled to host Olympic taekwondo, fencing, wrestling and surfing, as well as four Paralympic events.

 

Sporting events across Japan have already been called off due to the outbreak; all J-League football has been postponed until 15 March, the biggest disruption of the professional game in Japan since the 2011 earthquake and tsunami.

 

The South African Under-23 team has also pulled out of a friendly due to be played against Japan in Kyoto on Thursday, while training for 80,000 Olympic volunteers, which was due to begin on 22 February, has been delayed for at least two months.

In addition to professional sport, numerous local competitions, inter-school matches and martial arts tournaments are being postponed or axed. This Sunday’s Tokyo Marathon will feature only a few hundred elite athletes, with nearly 38,000 entrants told they cannot run.

 

The viral outbreak that began in China two months ago has infected more than 80,000 people globally and killed over 2,700, the vast majority of them in China. But the virus has gained a foothold in South Korea, the Middle East and Europe, raising fears of a pandemic. Japan itself has reported four deaths.

 

Some of Japan’s biggest corporations, including Sony, Takeda Pharmaceuticals and telecoms giant NTT, are telling staff to work from home. Many were planning to introduce telework during the Olympics to ease the pressure on public transportation, but are now doing so to avoid the risk of contamination on Tokyo’s crowded trains.

 

The Tokyo Olympic organising committee puts the official budget for the Games at 1.35tn yen ($12.2bn), but the Board of Audit of Japan estimates the true cost, including spending by local authorities and the central government, is more than double that figure.

 

The modern Olympics, which date to 1896, have been cancelled only during wartime. The Olympics in 1940 were supposed to be in Tokyo but were called off because of Japan’s war with China and the second world war. The Rio Games in Brazil went on as scheduled in 2016 despite the outbreak of the Zika virus.

 

Pound repeated the IOC’s stance – that it is relying on consultations with the World Health Organization, a United Nations body, to make any move.

 

As for the possibility of postponement, he said: “You just don’t postpone something on the size and scale of the Olympics. There’s so many moving parts, so many countries and different seasons, and competitive seasons, and television seasons. You can’t just say, ‘We’ll do it in October.’”

 

Pound said moving to another city also seems unlikely “because there are few places in the world that could think of gearing up facilities in that short time to put something on”.

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I really don’t get canceling any of these sports events (except in “epicenters” of the disease). This is so similar to the common flu, and yet we don’t go around cancelling events for that. Malaria kills more people yearly than either of those two, and yet events still take place in Africa in those areas.

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3 minutes ago, OlympicIRL said:

With 239 new cases already today, Italy has exceeded the 1000 mark for total confirmed cases and just the third country to do so after China and South Korea.

 

Yes the virus is spreading rapidly in Italy. Worse had to be South Korea with 813 cases recorded today. Coronavirus will continue to be wide spread in Korea on daily basis. This is very worrying.

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France 100 cases 

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An update from ISU about the short track speed skating WCHs:

https://www.isu.org/isu-news/news/145-news/13065-isu-statement-coronavirus-isu-events-season-2019-20?templateParam=15

 

"On February 26, 2020 the ISU announced that the ISU World Short Track Speed Skating Championships 2020 cannot be staged as originally foreseen on March 13-15, 2020 since, in light of the situation in South Korea, the competent authorities of the city of Seoul have closed the Mokdong Ice Rink and ordered the cancellation of all planned competitions.

In the meantime, the ISU evaluated the situation and concluded that considering the current uncertain developments surrounding the Coronavirus, a rescheduling and/or relocation of the above-mentioned Championships within the current season, even if the season would be extended by several weeks after its normal end in early April, cannot be reasonably considered. During the coming weeks, the ISU will evaluate in cooperation with all stakeholders whether the ISU World Short Track Speed Skating Championships 2020 could possibly be held later in the year, but in any case not before mid-October 2020. The ISU will keep its Members informed on the ongoing evaluation and will announce a decision as soon as possible".

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24 minutes ago, Wumo said:

An update from ISU about the short track speed skating WCHs:

https://www.isu.org/isu-news/news/145-news/13065-isu-statement-coronavirus-isu-events-season-2019-20?templateParam=15

 

"On February 26, 2020 the ISU announced that the ISU World Short Track Speed Skating Championships 2020 cannot be staged as originally foreseen on March 13-15, 2020 since, in light of the situation in South Korea, the competent authorities of the city of Seoul have closed the Mokdong Ice Rink and ordered the cancellation of all planned competitions.

In the meantime, the ISU evaluated the situation and concluded that considering the current uncertain developments surrounding the Coronavirus, a rescheduling and/or relocation of the above-mentioned Championships within the current season, even if the season would be extended by several weeks after its normal end in early April, cannot be reasonably considered. During the coming weeks, the ISU will evaluate in cooperation with all stakeholders whether the ISU World Short Track Speed Skating Championships 2020 could possibly be held later in the year, but in any case not before mid-October 2020. The ISU will keep its Members informed on the ongoing evaluation and will announce a decision as soon as possible".

 

Mid october ??