The competitive consequence for the sporting landscape due to the Covid-19 situation continued yesterday, as regional confederation, CONCACAF following discussions with world governing body FIFA, has opted to shelf the World Cup Qualifiers until March 2021.
This was disclosed by an official release from the entity yesterday. According to the correspondence, the decision was mutually agreed upon by CONCACAF and FIFA following deliberations, which also involved other stakeholders on the topic of resuming competitive football in the region.
The release elaborated, “Concacaf has held recent discussions with its member associations, FIFA and other stakeholders as the confederation continues to plan for the resumption of its competitions across the region. Following those discussions, Concacaf and FIFA have jointly agreed that the Concacaf Qualifiers for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™ will not be played in the FIFA match windows of October or November 2020, and will instead begin with the first round in the FIFA match window of March 2021.”
