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Hong Kong’s gamers have been forced to withdraw from the AFC eAsian Cup in Qatar on the day the competition was expected to start, because organisers could not display the team’s full name correctly.
According to a statement from the city’s football association, days of negotiations to get ‘Hong Kong, China’ on the screen, rather than just Hong Kong, failed to resolve the issue.
After consulting the city’s Sports Federation and Olympic Committee officials opted to pull out, based on guidelines put in place following several instances of the wrong national anthem being played when team’s were competing overseas.
The Football Association of Hong Kong, China said it “regretted the decision”.
“The HKFA learned on 29 January that the Konami’s eFootball 2024 gaming application adopted by the AFC eAsian Cup 2023 is unable to correctly display our team name of ‘Hong Kong, China’,” the governing body said in a statement.
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According to a statement from the city’s football association, days of negotiations to get ‘Hong Kong, China’ on the screen, rather than just Hong Kong, failed to resolve the issue.
After consulting the city’s Sports Federation and Olympic Committee officials opted to pull out, based on guidelines put in place following several instances of the wrong national anthem being played when team’s were competing overseas.
The Football Association of Hong Kong, China said it “regretted the decision”.
“The HKFA learned on 29 January that the Konami’s eFootball 2024 gaming application adopted by the AFC eAsian Cup 2023 is unable to correctly display our team name of ‘Hong Kong, China’,” the governing body said in a statement.
Hong Kong gamers forced out of eAsian Cup after China left off team name
Officials say gaming platform Konami’s eFootball 2024 was unable to display the name ‘Hong Kong, China’, so the team withdrew from the competition.
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