An increasing number of sports events have been cancelled around the world in order to contain the spread of coronavirus. Currently, the All Asia World Cup qualifying matches have been postponed by FIFA. The decision came at a meeting with the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) on 5 March in Zurich.

At the meeting, the parties decided to move 2022 World Cup qualifiers, which were to take place in March. The qualifying matches will be rescheduled by AFC after consulting with the West Asian Football Federation (WAFF) on 7-8 March.

The Mongolia-Japan match, which was to be played on March 31 in Ulaanbaatar, maybe pushed to June or September this year, informed the Japan Football Association.