{"id":2557,"date":"2020-01-30T10:15:29","date_gmt":"2020-01-30T10:15:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/overwatch-league-cancels-matches-china-coronavirus"},"modified":"2024-07-19T23:39:32","modified_gmt":"2024-07-19T23:39:32","slug":"overwatch-league-cancels-matches-china-coronavirus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/overwatch\/overwatch-league-cancels-matches-china-coronavirus","title":{"rendered":"Overwatch League cancels February and March matches in China over Coronavirus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p lang=\"EN-US\" paraeid=\"{54b104ee-dfb4-485b-83b1-a79181e5643b}{13}\" paraid=\"1420894162\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\">Ahead of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/overwatch\">Overwatch<\/a> League&rsquo;s official start on 8th&nbsp;February in New York, Blizzard announced future events in China have been cancelled in wake of the Coronavirus.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p lang=\"EN-US\" paraeid=\"{f3c13263-7c2c-4cdf-9f26-1f213aa416b3}{68}\" paraid=\"679817758\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\">In a statement, the&nbsp;organisation&nbsp;said: &ldquo;We have decided to cancel our February and March matches in China in order to protect the health and safety of our players, fans, and staff.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p lang=\"EN-US\" paraeid=\"{432325a5-84e5-471e-8068-c08ee845bbd8}{108}\" paraid=\"1012167047\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\">&ldquo;We hope fans have a safe and happy Lunar New Year, and we remain incredible excited to play Overwatch League matches in China later this season.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"EN-US\" paraeid=\"{441c1965-05f3-4a8f-8892-ac12e8215b49}{85}\" paraid=\"668663804\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\">&ldquo;We&rsquo;ll share more information about when and where the matches will take place&nbsp;at a later date. Thank you for your support and understanding.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div data-oembed-url=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/overwatchleague\/status\/1222685865354285056\">\n<blockquote align=\"center\" class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"und\"><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/nLEPHrJZXS\">pic.twitter.com\/nLEPHrJZXS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Overwatch League (@overwatchleague) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/overwatchleague\/status\/1222685865354285056?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 30, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\"><\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p lang=\"EN-US\" paraeid=\"{33a8e688-c239-4f78-a784-e0ab0d54dcd1}{52}\" paraid=\"1406599484\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\">The second week of the Overwatch League was set to be hosted in Shanghai, while the fourth week took place in Hangzhou, China.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p lang=\"EN-US\" paraeid=\"{3d49cdc6-5217-405f-9e47-e6e2b389b9fe}{53}\" paraid=\"153426668\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\">The Coronavirus, which has killed 170 people in China, is now feared to have spread to numerous other countries, with cases confirmed in Germany, Vietnam and India.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p lang=\"EN-US\" paraeid=\"{7deb6bff-4a0c-404a-b829-3a1f482f3073}{83}\" paraid=\"1506992763\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\">Overwatch League team <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/overwatch\/shanghai-dragons-south-korea-coronavirus\">Shanghai Dragons recently announced<\/a> they were temporarily moving operations to South Korea due to the virus, along with Guangzhou Charge.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p lang=\"EN-US\" paraeid=\"{98d459c2-444a-4968-8893-8b272275b05d}{38}\" paraid=\"1192037388\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\">Events across <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/league-of-legends\/pacific-championship-series-postpones-coronavirus\">League Of Legends<\/a> and&nbsp;CS:GO&nbsp;have also been affected by the virus, with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/cs-go\/dosia-mou-onethree-coronavirus\">some players even leaving their teams<\/a> altogether.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p lang=\"EN-US\" paraeid=\"{f62a5d9f-58f4-462d-90cf-097cb7d457ff}{253}\" paraid=\"1873136257\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\">The Overwatch League begins on 8th&nbsp;February at New York&rsquo;s Hammerstein Ballroom.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ahead of the Overwatch League&rsquo;s official start on 8th&nbsp;February in New York, Blizzard announced future events in China have been cancelled in wake of the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":601,"featured_media":2558,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2557","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-overwatch"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.9 - 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