China Respect FIFA's Decision on Women's World Cup, CFA Says

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China Respect FIFA's Decision on Women's World Cup, CFA Says

The Chinese Football Association (CFA) on Sunday said it "understand and respect" the decision by soccer's world governing body FIFA to move the women's World Cup out of China.

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The Chinese Football Association (CFA) on Sunday said it "understand and respect" the decision by soccer's world governing body FIFA to move the women's World Cup out of China.

The CFA was informed of FIFA's decision on Saturday, CFA said in a statement on Sunday. "We were told that the decision was made after careful discussions at the FIFA Executive Committee and for the health of all the participating teams.

"The CFA and the Organizing Committee of the Women's World Cup 2003 understand and respect the decision," the statement said.

The CFA said that during the past two years since China was awarded the event, "enormous and fruitful efforts has been made and the four hosting cities -- Shanghai, Wuhan, Hangzhou and Chengdu -- are almost fully ready to host the event."

"Since the outbreak of SARS disease, the CFA had taken a lot of measures to ensure the proceeding of the World Cup preparations and we have kept constant communications with FIFA," it said.

In spite of problems and consequences arising from the venue transfer, the Chinese association promise to cooperate. "The CFA will work hard to deal with all problems resulting from the move and continue to be fully involved in international soccer in the future," CFA said.

"While determined to make continuous efforts to promote women's soccer, we'd like to wish the Women's World Cup 2003 a big success," the statement added.

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