New Delhi: The 2020 AFC Cup has been cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Asian Football Association (AFC) announced on Thursday (September 10). The tournament which was originally slated to happen in March but was rescheduled to start this month.
“In view of the logistics in coordinating the five zones of the AFC Cup and completing the Inter-Zone matches, the AFC Executive Committee also agreed that the pandemic created complexities which constituted a Force Majeure event and, with sadness, led to the cancellation of the 2020 competition,” AFC said in a statement
“These are tough times for everyone connected with football – and sports in general,” AFC president Sheikh Salman bin Ebrahim al-Khalifa said. The Executive Committee also decided to stage the final AFC Champions League on December 19 this year — in a single match rather than in the traditional home and away format.
The AFC Futsal Championship will now be staged in Kuwait but shall be moved from the original dates in November to new dates between December 2-13 to allow member associations time to prepare themselves for the competition.
