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China has
said the country would not host any of its planned international events this
year
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New Delhi(Agencies): The
Badminton World Federation (BWF) on Saturday said it was waiting for "more
clarity" from China before it takes a call on the season-ending World Tour
Finals scheduled in December.
China's General Administration
of Sport on Friday said the country would not host any of its planned
international events this year except the trials for the 2022 Winter Olympics
in Beijing to stop the spread of coronavirus.
The decision has put in doubt
events including the World Tour Finals in Guangzhou, which was pushed back by a
week to December 16-20 in the revamped calendar due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
"The BWF is aware of the
directive announced by the General Administration of Sport of China regarding
the restriction of international sports for the rest of 2020," the
badminton governing body said in a statement.
"BWF is in close contact
with its relevant partners, including the Chinese Badminton Association (CBA),
to get more clarity on the situation and how this affects the BWF Tournament
Calendar 2020." Among other events to be held in the country, China
Masters which was scheduled in August has already been called off, while the
China Open World Tour Super 1000 event (September 15-20, Changzhou) and the
Fuzhou China Open World Tour Super 750 (November 3-8) are still scheduled later
in the year in the revised calendar.
In May, the BWF had unveiled a
revised international calendar to salvage the remainder of the season. However,
with the global health crisis showing no signs of abating, many events were
cancelled from the reworked calendar.
The world body had also
announced that ranking points earned at tournaments during the original
qualification phase will be maintained.
The BWF had earlier frozen the
world rankings and made the standings on March 17 as the basis for entry and
seedings, when it resumes the international calendar. PTI
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