COVID-19: CPBL not to form team for Olympic qualifiers
By Shelley Shan / Staff reporter
Taiwan’s professional baseball league (CPBL) yesterday said it will not form a national team to compete in the final baseball qualifiers to be held in Mexico for the Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo due to a severe COVID-19 situation at home and abroad, while the Sports Administration and the national baseball association are to decide today whether to take over and form a national team.
The final qualifying round was originally scheduled to be held at the Taichung International Baseball Stadium on June 16.
Five national teams were to participate in the competition after China withdrew its team earlier this month Taiwan, Australia, the Netherlands, and two teams securing the second and third places in the Americas qualifiers, which are to begin on Tuesday next week.
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The government has not decided whether the national baseball team should compete in the final qualifiers for the Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo, the Sports Administration said, adding that the health and safety of players would be the top priority.
The qualifying round, to be held in Mexico, was originally scheduled to be held at Taichung International Baseball Stadium, with six national teams, including Australia and the Netherlands, participating.
China withdrew its team earlier this month.
However, the Chinese Taipei Baseball Association, the CPBL and the Taichung City Government on Wednesday last week decided to not host the qualifier, citing a surge
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