The Japan Rugby Union has re-tightened the number limit for events in areas where the new coronavirus infection is widespread, and the tickets for the National University Championship finals to be held at the Tokyo National Stadium on the 11th of next month Announced that general sales will be discontinued.
On the 23rd, the government announced that it will temporarily limit the number of people holding events such as soccer and rugby to 5,000 in areas where the infection of the new coronavirus is spreading, especially in Tokyo. Did.
In response to this, the Japan Rugby Union has announced that it will stop selling tickets to the national university championship finals at the National Stadium in Tokyo on the 11th of next month.
In addition, tickets for the two semi-final games to be held at the Chichibu Memorial Rugby Stadium in Tokyo on the 2nd of next month have already been discontinued and no additional sales will be made.
So far, about 8,000 semi-finals and about 170,000 pre-sale have been sold in the finals, which means that these tickets are valid.
In addition, if it is difficult to visit the game due to the spread of infection, refunds will be accepted from January 15th to February 14th next year.
The Japan Rugby Union says, "We will hold the match as scheduled, but we would like to manage it after taking possible infection prevention measures."