This weekend's Levain Cup final has been postponed after Kashiwa Reysol reported 10 new coronavirus cases among players and staff, the J-League said late Wednesday evening.
After two of Kashiwa's players and eight staff members tested positive, J-League Chairman Mitsuru Murai said, "We agreed that players would be facing increased risk in terms of health and safety if we held the Levain Cup final three days from today."
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Manager Nelsinho was one of three others linked to Kashiwa to test positive earlier this week. The club had 82 club officials including front office staff take PCR tests on Tuesday.
In total, Kashiwa have reported 13 positive tests.
The match between Kashiwa and FC Tokyo was scheduled for Saturday at Tokyo's National Stadium. An alternative date has not yet been set.
It is the first time that the final of the Levain Cup, Japan's league cup competition, has had to be postponed.
