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Based on the recommendations of the FIFA Confederations Working Group COVID-19, the FIFA Council has decided to postpone the competition for exactly one year. Its new date is 2021. September 12 – October 3
On Tuesday, the news will be presented at a press conference organized by LFF, which will take place starting at 12:30 p.m.
“We must continue to be realistic and critically analyze this situation. Although the threat from the virus is decreasing, it is still very high. FIFA postponed the youth championships indefinitely, UEFA moved the European Championships, the Olympic Games moved and all the Sports world stopped. We respect and support FIFA’s decision to move the championship, health is the most important thing nowadays, “said LFF Secretary General Edgaras Stankevičius.
The tournament was planned to be held in Vilnius, Kaunas and Klaipeda from September 12 to October 4.
24 teams will participate in the World Championship, and the Lithuanian national team, which has reached the final stage as hosts, will test its strength at this level for the first time.
Argentina will defend the title of winner.
The coronavirus caught in the middle of the qualifying competition in Lithuania. So far, 13 of the 24 tournament participants are unclear.
Along with host Lithuania and champion Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Venezuela (South America), Kazakhstan, Portugal, Russia, Spain (Europe), Angola, Morocco, Egypt (Africa) and the Solomon Islands (Oceania) they already have tickets .
In the 2016 championship final in Colombia, Argentina beat Russia 5: 4 and won the laurels for the first time.
The Hall Football Planet Championships have been held every four years since 1989. The current Brazilian champions won the title five times, and the Spanish triumphed twice.
Lithuania competed with Iran, Japan and New Zealand for the right to organize the 2020 tournament.
Before that, Lithuania had already tried to become the host of the 2014 Old Continent Hall Soccer Championship, but then lost the competitive battle against Belgium.
The final stage of the European Youth Championship (under 19 years old), which took place in 2013, was the highest level international soccer tournament held in Lithuania.
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