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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.

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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.

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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.

“Sport has the power to change the world. It has the power to inspire. Sport can create hope where once there was only despair” - Nelson Mandela

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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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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 ?? :yikes:

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