The 2022 Women’s World Cup in New Zealand will be held in a controlled environment. The rules were established after the fact all officials and teams in the host country had to undergo Mandatory Isolation Quarantine (“MIQ”) upon arrival.
“I think the approach is about having a controlled environment around the tournament,” ICC general Manager. Geoff AllardiceIn a chat with media, he explained. “Testing will not be frequent; it won’t be daily testing. It’s about players accepting responsibility for knowing that they will be in the country for a month, and living away from home for that time without being locked into a tight bubble. It won’t be practical and it won’t allow teams to perform at their best on the field.
“There are some guidelines that must be followed, but we ask players and teams to be sensible and avoid areas that could transmit transmission. We also found out this during the Under-19 World Cup. [in the Caribbean in January-February]This is because even though there were many positive tests, the actual number of people who showed symptoms was very low. We want people to be safe and healthy. It’s quite a departure from six months ago.
Allardice stressed the difficulty of logistics to ensure all teams reach New Zealand, whose borders are only partially opened.
“In November, New Zealand increased quarantine to ten days. This gave us extra time for teams to prepare. It was then reduced to seven days. It was difficult logistically to coordinate dates and times,” Allardice explained. There are restrictions on the number of people who can attend matches. We are hopeful that we will be able to secure a larger capacity at the venues in the second half of this tournament as the situation develops.
The ICC has modified the playing conditions to make sure that all games go as planned, despite Covid being a concern. One of the measures is to allow teams on the field to take to the field if they have There are at least nine players who are fit. To prevent this scenario from happening, additional travel reserves were given to teams.
Allardice explained that the lessons from hosting the qualifying tournament in Zimbabwe last year and the men’s Under-19 World Cup this past year were taken into consideration when formulating the regulations for this tournament.
He said, “I wish it doesn’t apply.” “It was something we had a to do in the past few months since the Omicron virus outbreak. Nearly all of our tournaments have seen a shortage of players due to positive Covid test results. In the West Indies, we had a close call with the men’s under-19 World Cup. There were several outbreaks.
“We had to have contingency plans. They have been a lot of attention. However, it is important to think through these things and how to give teams the best chance of preparing for what might happen. That’s why we created this protocol. The bottom line is that we want 11 vs. 11. We have 15 teams, and all teams travel with reserves players as a contingency.
“The announcement or the introduction of those protocols were very much given The uncertainty of the eventWe were dealing. We had the Women’s World Cup Qualifier, Zimbabwe, where one team had only a few players for some matches. We had The same situation.The Under-19 World Cup [in the Caribbean]. We are hoping that we don’t have to go any further than that. However, there might be situations when a team doesn’t possess an XI. In these cases, we need protocols to address that.