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Dec 13, 2019

FIFA: Artificial Turf For Canada Women's World Cup Is No Problem

"There are men's World Cup qualifiers that are held on artificial turf, so I don't think it's a real problem," said Fahmy, who was the secretary general of the African Football Association.

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The Women's World Cup will be held from June 6, 2015 to July 5, 2015 in Montreal, Canada, Moncton, Ottawa, Winnipeg, Edmonton and Vancouver. Five of these venues will use artificial turf, which will be the first At one time most of the World Cup matches were played on artificial turf.


Because artificial turf is different from natural turf in performance, some players are worried that this will affect their performance and bring greater risk of injury. Therefore, some players have initiated a signature initiative requesting FIFA to change the decision to use artificial turf. .


"We have discussed in the FIFA Executive Committee and the Medical Committee, and everyone's opinion is that as long as all training venues and all competition venues meet the same standards, there will be no real danger or any problems," Fahmy said.


As the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup teams will increase from 16 to 24 in 2011, the Canadian Football Association is expected to attract a record 1.6 million spectators by then. Asian teams will also increase from the previous three seats to five seats, which will undoubtedly increase the current ranking of the 16th Chinese team in the world to qualify for the World Cup.


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