The event in The Netherlands have been interrupted by frequent downpours over the last week, but play has been possible on each day.

But the heavens opened today and organisers decided that both venues being used for the Championships in the Dutch city were unplayable, meaning a revised schedule will now be moved forward to tomorrow.

Play will resume at 10am Central European Summer Time (CEST) tomorrow with the first two games in the Championship round featuring Australia against defending champions Japan and Canada versus the United States.

These will be followed by the next two games, which are tentatively scheduled to start at 12:30pm CEST and includes the match-ups of The Netherlands versus China and New Zealand versus Chinese Taipei.

After these, the next play-off round will be played followed by the two semi-finals.

Organisers have deemed the pitches in Haarlem unplayable following heavy rain
©Haarlem 2014



The games in the consolation round which were set to feature Russia against Great Britain, Puerto Rico play Botswana, Italy up against Cuba and Dominican Republic play the Czech Republic have been cancelled.

The Championships are due to conclude with the medal matches on Sunday (August 24).

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