\nThe International Football Federation
\n(FIFA) has
\ndecided that players born in 1997
\nbe eligible for the Olympic
\nGames in Tokyo. On
\nMarch 27th,
\nRomanian Football Federation
\nnotified FIFA on the situation of our eligible players asking for
\nconfirmation in the case of those
\nborn in 1997, although next
\nyear these will no longer be part of the under-23 age bracket as the
\ncompetition had to be postponed.
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\n
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FIFA
\nresponded in a communique quote: ‘Any
\nplayer born on or after January 1, 1997 will be able to play, plus
\nthe three allocated over-aged players.’ unquote.
\nWe
\nrecall that the summer Olympics in Tokyo, which were supposed to
\nunfold between July 24th
\nand August 9th
\nthis year have been postponed due to the COVID pandemic and are to
\ntake place over July 23rd
\nand august 8th
\n2021.<\/p>\n
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The
\ngame of Romania’s under-21 squad against Denmark in the
\npreliminaries of the European Under 21 Football Championship, which
\nwas supposed to be played on March 31st
\nhas been rescheduled for November. Under these circumstances, that
\nwill be their last qualifying match for the European Championship.
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The
\nother matches pitching our squad against Finland away, on September
\n4th,
\nand four days later also away against Malta will be taking place as
\nscheduled. On October 9th,
\nour young footballers will be up against Ukraine and take on Malta in
\na home game on October 13th.
\nThe match when Romania is supposed to take on Denmark has not been
\nscheduled yet.
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Romania
\nis presently ranking second in Group 8th, five points less
\nthan the team on the first place, Denmark. Starting EURO 2021, 16
\nfootball sides with players under 21 will be playing in the
\ncompetition’s final tournament.
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Besides
\nthe two host countries, Hungary and Slovenia, 9 group winners and the
\nbest runner-up will qualify for the final tournament. The other 8
\nsquads on the second position will be playing tie matches for the
\nother 4 available places.
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The
\nBRD Bucharest Open women’s tennis tournament due to take place
\nbetween July 13th and 19th has been rescheduled
\nalso due to the pandemic, the vice-president of the Romanian Tennis
\nFederation, George Cosac has told AGERPRESS news agency. BRD
\nBucharest Open is the only WTA tournament hosted by Romania.
\n<\/p>\n
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\n
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