The International Shooting Sports Federation (ISSF) said in its statement on Monday that both the rifle and pistol, and the shotgun legs of the competition have been cancelled.
The European Shotgun Championship and European Rifle/Pistol Qualification Championship for the 2020 Olympics have been cancelled
The ISSF said there will no ranking points in the tournament scheduled to be held from March 15 to 26 as the organisers are not in a position to guarantee participation of all athletes owing to the extraordinary situation.
On Friday, India pulled out of the upcoming shooting World Cup in Cyprus, citing the novel coronovirus threat there.
India topped the medals tally ahead of hosts China (2 gold, 2 silver, 1 bronze), who won five medals in total.
Manu Bhaker and Saurabh Chaudary won gold in the 10m Air pistol mixed team event in the ISSF Shooting World Cup, claiming India's second gold.
Indian shooting's next assignment is scheduled at Al Ain, UAE where the ISSF Shotgun World Cup stage two commences on April 5.
Their feat came exactly a month after they won the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup stage gold in the same event in Delhi.
The ISSF (International Shooting Sport Federation) event, which will offer 16 quota places for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, starts at the Dr Karni Singh Range on Thursday.
India were placed third in the medals tally with 11 gold, nine silver and seven bronze medals for a total of 27, making this their best performance in the showpiece.
There were as many as nine Indians in the top 10 including Rizvi, spread across six of the 15 Olympic shooting disciplines.
Sheoran, who hails from Uttar Pradesh, got 151.6 points in kneeling, 155.1 in prone and 148.9 in the standing elimination round of the championship.
It was Anjum's first World Cup medal as she battled windy conditions to shoot 454.2 in the 45-shot final to finish behind former junior world champion Chinas Ruijiao Pei (455.4).
This is Sangram's first-ever medal in senior level, having won a gold at the Asian Shooting Championship for junior back in 2009.
Amanpreet pipped Turkey's Yusuf Dikec and Dimitrije Grgic of Serbia to the bronze medal, while also getting the better of Iran's Vahid Golkhandan.
Rai, fresh from his gold medal in the air pistol mixed event along with Heena Sidhu, could not make the final of the men's 10m air pistol and was placed ninth.
Rai and Heena picked up their third gold together in the mixed team event, being held officially for the first time at an ISSF World Cup.
Jitu says his dream is to win a gold in the World Championships.
The Meerut-based shooter had attracted the attention of the shooting fraternity when he got selected for India's double trap team at the age of 14.
In the junior category, 17-year-old Ahvar Rizvi also won a silver medal in the same event.
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