The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) on Monday confirmed that host India’s name has been officially withdrawn from the AFC Women’s Asian Cup and their remaining Group A matches stand cancelled.
The Indian Team was unable to register a minimum of 13 players (including one goalkeeper) in the player selection list and start list for the match between Chinese Taipei and India.
As per official AFC statement it said “Accordingly, Article 4.1 of the Special Rules Applicable to AFC Competitions during Covid-19 Pandemic (“Special Rules”) applied,”
“In view of the above, India was unable to participate in the match, is to be held responsible for the match not taking place, and is considered as to have withdrawn from the competition,” it added.
Applying Article 6.5.5 of the Competition Regulations, all matches of India are cancelled and considered null and void. For the avoidance of doubt, all points and goals in those matches shall not be taken into consideration when determining the final rankings in the group pursuant to Article 7.3.
In addition, in accordance with Article 7.4 of the Competition Regulations, the calculation of best third-placed Participating Teams among all groups shall be in accordance with Appendix 2 of the AFC Competition Operations Manual.
Only three teams, China, Chinese Taipei & Iran will now be participating in Group A of the competition.
Courtesy: AFC Media
