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2022 World Cup Will Be Held In Winter – FIFA President Sepp Blatter
Controversy hit football when Qatar won the right to host the 2022 FIFA World Cup. Now it is set to continue as FIFA President Sepp Blatter “expects” it to be held in winter against the World Cup’s traditional timing.
As the AFC Asian Cup kicks off on Friday with the Qatar vs Uzbekistan match, Sepp Blatter is in Doha to honour the competition. The 74-year-old Swiss also consumed some of his time earlier this morning to interact with journalists. Discussing about the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, the FIFA President declared:“I expect it will be held in the winter. We have time to look at this question. It’s still 11 years away, but we must decide the most adequate period for a successful World Cup – which means, in January or at the end of the year.
“Do not forget, there is still 11 years to go and although we have the basic conditions of their bid for a June and July World Cup, the FIFA executive committee is entitled to change anything that was in the bid.”
World Cup Bid Announcements: Russia For 2018 World Cup, Qatar For 2022!
Hard luck for England as well as for Spain and Portugal and co.! The 2018 World Cup will be staged by Russia whereas the USA, Australia, and other contenders can forget about hosting the 2022 World Cup which will be held in Qatar.
Qatar beat 1994 World Cup hosts USA, 2002 World Cup co-hosts Japan and South Korea, as well as Australia to win the right to stage the 2022 World Cup. FIFA’s executive committee announced the Arabic nation as the winners after appointing Russia as the 2018 World Cup hosts.
Russia had previously been tipped by analysts to lose the voting contest following Vladmir Putin’s bold accusations of “unfairness” in the bidding competition. The Russians prevailed over England’s bid, and over joint-bids from Spain and Portugal and the Netherlands and Belgium.
Watch FIFA's World Cup Bid Announcement For Russia 2018!