Fifa cancelled both women's U-17 World Cup and U-20 World Cup which were scheduled to be held in India and Costa Rica respectively but handed both the countries the hosting rights of the 2022 editions.
The Women's Under-17 World Cup in India, which was postponed to 2021 due to Covid-19 pandemic, was on Tuesday cancelled by the world governing body Fifa and the country was handed the hosting rights of the 2022 edition.
The decision was taken by
the Bureau of the Fifa
Council which took stock of the current global Covid-19 pandemic and its
continuing impact on football.
The Fifa cancelled both the
women's U-17
World Cup and U-20 World Cup which were scheduled to be held in India and
Costa Rica respectively but handed both the countries the hosting rights of the
2022 editions.
"... with the
inability to further postpone these tournaments, the Fifa-Confederations
Covid-19 Working Group subsequently recommended that the 2020 editions of the
two women's youth tournaments be cancelled and that the hosting rights for the
2022 editions be offered to the countries that were due to host the 2020
editions," the Fifa said in a statement.
"... following further
consultation between Fifa and the respective host member associations regarding
the 2022 editions of the tournaments, the Bureau of the Council has approved
Costa Rica as host of the Fifa U-20 Women's World Cup 2022 and India as host of
the Fifa U-17 Women's World Cup 2022 respectively."
Originally scheduled to be
held in five venues in India from November 2 to 21, the Fifa U-17 World Cup was
pushed to February 17-March 7 next year due to the pandemic, which has played
havoc with sporting calendars worldwide.
Due to the global health
crisis, the confederations of Africa (CAF), North and Central America (CONCACAF)
and South America (CONMEBOL) are yet to hold their qualifying tournaments.
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