In the light of the COVID19 outbreak and also on a request from the South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL), FIFA has canceled the world cup 2022 qualifier matches for South America.
It was confirmed in a letter that it will seek to reschedule the games which had been due to take place between March 23 and 31.
A statement FIFA says “Following consultation with CONMEBOL, FIFA has decided to postpone the upcoming South American qualifiers for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 as follows:
- Matches originally scheduled to take place during the international window of 23-31 March 2020 are postponed to later dates
- Details of the postponed matches will be discussed and announced soon
As per the due first fixture, Paraguay vs Peru was to see each other. Wile the next wave of qualification, with Argentina vs Ecuador and Brazil vs Bolivia also in the first round.
Latin America’s top footballers who play from European teams in countries that have seen significant cases of the virus and would have faced quarantines on their return to their home countries.
