An exception for professional football in Antwerp? Van Ranst: “Football is less important” coronavirus

In the province of Antwerp, measures to contain the coronavirus have been tightened. But what are the consequences for sport? Will the cup final (with Antwerp) and the play-off final (with Beerschot) take place? And is the competition start also compromised?

What are the consequences in sport of the new rules?

  • The Heistse Pijl on August 1 is canceled
  • Flanders Football will cancel all regional matches for field football (2nd amateur and lower), mini football and indoor football until 25 August. There is also no training in the province of Antwerp.
  • No decision yet about the cup final with Antwerp and the promotion final with Beerschot: “We can go to the final,” says the city of Brussels.
  • Face masks are mandatory throughout the province, but not for those who “exercise intensively in a quiet place.”

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