{"id":53111,"date":"2020-03-14T02:28:16","date_gmt":"2020-03-14T02:28:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ygorganization.com\/?p=53111"},"modified":"2020-03-14T02:30:24","modified_gmt":"2020-03-14T02:30:24","slug":"1stplacecoronavirusdeckprofile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ygorganization.com\/staging\/?p=53111","title":{"rendered":"Statement from Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG Regarding Status of 225th Yu-Gi-Oh! Championship Series Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (March 14-15)"},"content":{"rendered":"

In light of official recommendations from Brazilian government and health officials advising that events held through the next 15 days in areas impacted by community spread of COVID-19 be cancelled, KONAMI and the Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME team are announcing the cancellation of the 225th<\/sup>\u00a0Yu-Gi-Oh! Championship Series event scheduled for this weekend, March 14-15, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.<\/p>\n

Below, we are providing you with the official statement from KONAMI with more information about the decision,\u00a0 As noted previously, the KONAMI team continues to monitor this situation closely and we will continue to provide you with updates on this rapidly evolving situation as they become available.<\/p>\n

Please feel free to reach out with any questions you may have.<\/p>\n

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After much discussion, we have made the extremely difficult decision to cancel the 225th<\/sup>\u00a0Yu-Gi-Oh! Championship Series event scheduled for this weekend, March 14-15, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. We did all we could to move the event forward as scheduled, but conclusively, we are following the direction of Brazilian government and public health officials advising that events held through the next 15 days in areas impacted by community transmission of COVID-19 (also known as Coronavirus), including Rio de Janeiro, be cancelled.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n