Many people in the team contracted the new crown, and the host India withdrew from the Women's Asian Cup

【Global Times comprehensive report】The AFC confirmed on the 24th that the Indian team, as the host of the 2022 Women's Asian Cup, withdrew from the Asian Cup due to the new crown epidemic. The reason given by the AFC is that the Indian women's football team, which has many people infected with the new crown in the team, has been unable to put together 13 people to participate - according to the relevant provisions of the "Special Rules for the Epidemic of the Asian Football League", the Indian team is considered to be withdrawn from this tournament, and the results of the first round of the group match with the Iranian women's football team will be invalidated.

The Indian women's football team, which only played the first round of the group stage of this Asian Cup, is the ninth time to appear in the women's Asian Cup main competition, and the best record in the history of the team is to reach the final in 1979. This is also the first time india has hosted the tournament since 1989, and India's domestic disappointment at the failure of the national team to participate in the women's Asian Cup can not hide its disappointment. Indian Football Association president Prafuel Patel said the team was "heartbroken". Patel tweeted: "We are as frustrated as the whole country. However, the health of the players is of paramount importance to us. ”

In this Women's Asian Cup, India team is in the same group as Iran, China and Chinese Taipei. India's withdrawal from the tournament did not change the rules of qualifying for their group – the top two in the group advanced, and the top two in the group third could also reach the quarterfinals. After the cancellation of the match between China and India in the final round of the group stage scheduled for the 26th, it means that the Chinese women's football team, which has maintained a full victory in the first two games, has locked in the first place in the group in advance, and the Chinese team that played one less round has more time to prepare for the second stage of the knockout round. (Xu Yunfeng)