World Badminton Federation Postpones or cancels 5 tournaments, including Asian Championships March 4:04 on March 21
Following the spread of the new coronavirus, the World Badminton Federation announced on Wednesday that it will postpone or cancel five other events scheduled for next month, including the Asian Championships, the last event to qualify for the Tokyo Olympics. did.
The badminton Asian Championship was scheduled to be held in Manila, Philippines on the 21st of next month with the Japanese national team participating, but along with the other four international tournaments scheduled to be held from mid to late next month, such as the European Championship. , It was decided to postpone or cancel.
These five tournaments were related to the participation of each country in the Tokyo Olympics, but this decision excludes them from the target.
The badminton representatives of the Tokyo Olympics will be selected based on the world rankings dated 30th of next month, but the World Tour tournament has been postponed for four weeks until next month 12th. , The World Badminton Federation will announce again on the handling of Olympic qualifications.