It has been decided that the match between Japan and Myanmar in the second Asian qualifying round of the World Cup Qatar soccer tournament scheduled for the 25th of next month will be postponed.
The second Asian qualifying round for the World Cup Qatar soccer tournament was postponed due to the influence of the new coronavirus, but will resume in late next month.
As the first match after the resumption, Japan was scheduled to play against Myanmar, where a military coup d'etat occurred, at Nissan Stadium on the 25th, but the Japan Football Association announced on the 19th that the match will be postponed.
The Myanmar side has offered to the AFC = Asian Football Confederation to postpone the match, and it has been approved.
The AFC has asked us to finish the second qualifying round by June 15th, which means that the association will adjust an alternative schedule in the future.
Yasuharu Sorimachi, technical committee chairman of the Japan Football Association, said, "I think it is due to either the situation in Myanmar or Corona, but I do not know the detailed reason for the postponement. We have to obey."