FIFA to Hold Consultations on Timing of 2022 World Cup

ZURICH: FIFA is to consult with broadcasters, sponsors and football confederations regarding the timing of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, given concerns about the summer temperatures in the emirate.

FIFA’s executive committee said the consultation process among the main stakeholders concerned—“including both the international football community (FIFA, confederations, member associations, leagues, clubs, players) as well as FIFA’s business partners (media rights licensees and commercial affiliates)”—will be led by Sheikh Salman Bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa, the president of the Asian Football Confederation.

No decision on whether to move the competition to a different time of year will be taken before the upcoming 2014 World Cup in Brazil, FIFA said.