The Badminton Globe Federation (BWF) on Tuesday declared the cancellations of the China Masters and Dutch Open from its revamped calendar for the 2020 period because of to the coronavirus pandemic.
BWF cancels two Super 100 tournaments
“Two BWF Tour Tremendous 100 tournaments have been cancelled from the revamped BWF Match Calendar for the year — the Lingshui China Masters 2020 and YONEX Dutch Open up 2020,” mentioned the BWF in its statement.
“The Lingshui China Masters 2020 was rescheduled two times earlier from its first slot at the start of the yr (25 February – 1 March) thanks to the COVID-19 outbreak. It was at first postponed right up until May well and then moved again to 25-30 August 2020.
“Badminton Netherlands declared the cancellation of their flagship tournament citing ongoing risks affiliated with the COVID-19 pandemic.
“The YONEX Dutch Open up was due to take location 6-11 October in Almere, Netherlands.”
Previous month, the 2020 Swiss Open up and the 2020 European Championships were being both equally cancelled due to unavailability of dates for the two tournaments.
In the meantime, the Earth Junior Championships, which was slated to be held in Auckland, New Zealand in September this calendar year. The tournament will now be held from January 11-24, 2021. The event will be preceded by the Planet Junior Mixed Group Championships with the BWF scheduling it from January 11 to 16.
