Mumbai: All Indian matches in the Asian Cup soccer stand were canceled after their withdrawal from the tournament because of the Covid-19 outbreak in their camp, AFC said on Monday.
The day after the home nation failed to give a team against Taipei China after 12 players tested positive for viruses, the Asian football confederation issued a statement that confirmed that India was “considered to be withdrawn” from the guidelines in accordance with the guidelines.
“After the Cancellation of the Indian Asian Cup 2022 matches between China Taipei and India …
India was deemed to have been withdrawn from the competition in accordance with Article 4.1 of the ‘specific rules that apply to the AFC competition during Covid- 19 Pandemics’,” AFC said in a statement.
“All Indian matches are now canceled and considered null and cancel in accordance with Article 6.5.5 of the competition rules.” The Continental Agency added that the results of the Indian Lone match so far, against Iran, will not be considered while determining the last standings in the group.
India was placed in Group A with eight champion China and China Taipei, in addition to Iran.
“To avoid doubts, all points and goals in the match will not be considered when determining the final ranking in the group in accordance with Article 7.3 of competition regulations.” “In addition, based on Article 7.4 competition regulations, the calculation of the third participating team among all groups must be determined by the method specified in Appendix 2 AFC competition operations manual.” As a result of the Indian forced withdrawal of the continental exhibition, only three teams – China PR, China Taipei and the Islamic Republic of Iran – will now participate in groups of competitions.
“To avoid the possibility of differences in the final comparison between all teams in third place, the results of the match in Group B and C between the first team, the second and third against the fourth team will not be counted.” India cannot mention the minimum squad of 13-women for the match and it is considered a withdrawal, according to the rules of the competition.
India initially named the 23 member squad for a continental tournament.
According to the rules of any interesting team after the competition begins will have all the matches canceled and considered null and canceled.
Every point or purpose obtained in the match will not be taken into account to rank the final in the group.
Rule 4.1 states: “If participating participating teams / clubs have less than thirteen (13) participating players (including one [1] goalkeeper) available for matches on any reason (both related to Covid-19), which Relevant or not participating teams / participating clubs will not be able to participate in the match.
“Participating teams / club participating will be responsible for compatibility that does not occur and will be deemed to have been withdrawn from relevant competition.”