China cancels US trip for four-nation soccer tournament
29/12/2004 15:20
Chinese national soccer team has canceled their trip to the United States for
a four-nation tournament in late January, an official of the Chinese Football
Association announced on Tuesday. The tournament, which features Mexico,
Saudi Arabia, China and the United States, was originally slated for next
February but was rescheduled on January 23, 26 and 29 because Saudi Arabia will
play a World Cup qualifier, team manager Zhu Yuanhe said. "The host has not
done enough to communicate with the playing teams and some of the them have not
confirmed their participation. So we have to cancel the trip to the United
States," Zhu said. China, who have been eliminated from the qualifying
campaign of the 2006 World Cup, will have no major competitions before the 2008
Asian Cup.
Xinhua
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