The upcoming FIH Junior Women’s Hockey World Cup in South Africa was placed on maintain on Friday as a brand new model of COVID-19 hit the nation, triggering concern internationally.
The prestigious match was to be held at Rainbow Nation from December 5 to 16.
However, following the outbreak of a brand new coronavirus variant in South Africa, the International Hockey Federation (FIH), the South African Hockey Federation and the North-West University of Potchefstroom have collectively determined that the match “will not take place under these circumstances”.
“The security of everybody concerned in FIH occasions is an absolute precedence. Additionally, a number of international locations, together with a few of the taking part groups, have now strongly prolonged their journey restrictions with South Africa, together with halting flights.
“Therefore, it is not possible to hold the event as planned,” FIH CEO Thierry Weil stated in an announcement. This is extraordinarily disappointing. The FIH Junior World Cup is essential for the event of younger gamers.
“Also, this was the primary time an FIH World Cup was going to be held on African soil. On behalf of FIH, I want to thank all of the groups for his or her understanding in addition to the native organizers for his or her nice work and cooperation.
The FIH stated it will “watch the situation” and decide on a doable staging of the match on the earliest.
Following the outbreak of a brand new coronavirus variant in South Africa, FIH, @SA_hockey and the North-West University of Potchefstroom have collectively determined that the FIH Hockey Women’s Junior World Cup 2021, initially deliberate from 5 to 16 December in Potchefstroom, has been placed on maintain.
— International Hockey Federation (@FIH_Hockey) November 26, 2021
Forward Lalremsiami, who was a part of the fourth-place Indian senior ladies’s hockey group on the Tokyo Olympics, was to steer the nation’s 18-member junior group on the match in South Africa.
The occasion was meant to see 16 prime groups from world wide vie for the title, which was beforehand received by Argentina in 2016.
Earlier within the day, the UK introduced it was suspending flights to and from South Africa and 5 different southern African international locations and permitting vacationers from these international locations to self-isolate for 10 days, efficient from 1200 GMT on Friday. Is.
From Sunday morning, passengers must go to the resort quarantine.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
