islingtonclaret Posted September 19, 2013 Share Posted September 19, 2013 Coming in hot on the heels of Seb "Splatter" admitting it "might have been a mistake" to award the World Cup to Qatar, we have UEFA backing what is fast becoming a ridiculous situation. World Cup 2022: Uefa members back winter tournament in Qatar The prospect of a winter World Cup in 2022 took a step forward after Europe's football leaders agreed a summer event could not be played in Qatar. The nation won a controversial bidding process to stage the competition, where summer temperatures can reach 50C. Uefa's 54 member associations backed the move at a meeting in Croatia. "What has come out of this meeting is that the World Cup cannot be played in Qatar in the summer," said Britain's Fifa vice-president Jim Boyce. "Everyone was certainly in agreement about that." Play media Greg Dyke: "You can't hold this tournament in the summer in Qatar" Boyce added that the debate was now regarding whether it would be played in January 2022 or November and December of that year. The British associations want to ensure their festive fixtures are protected for their domestic league seasons, while Uefa favour January so that it would not impact on the Champions League. But Boyce, who is also a former president of the Irish Football Association, says the associations do not want Fifa to rush that decision. "There is still nine years to go and people feel Fifa should sit down with all the major stakeholders and come up with a solution that would cause the minimum disruption to football. "There is plenty of time to do that in my opinion, and hopefully football will be the winner." The decision to move the World Cup to winter ultimately rests with the world governing body, but this backing sends a strong message from some of the most powerful bodies in international football. Fifa's executive committee is expected to agree in principle to move the World Cup to the winter at its meeting in Zurich which begins on 3 October. Football Association chairman Greg Dyke said the tournament might have to move location if a suitable time to play in Qatar could not be agreed, while Fifa's own medical chief, Michel D'Hooghe, advised that the risks posed to supporters by extreme heat are too great. However, the head of the Qatar 2022 World Cup, Hassan al-Thawadi, has rejected calls for the tournament to be awarded to another country, despite Fifa president Sepp Blatter admitting the governing body may have made a "mistake" in awarding the competition to Qatar in the summer. Earlier this week, Australia's soccer chief Frank Lowy said his country's Football Federation (FFA) may seek compensation if the 2022 World Cup is switched to the winter after his country lost out to Qatar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFCforever1991 Posted September 19, 2013 Share Posted September 19, 2013 The bid should be held again, and Qatar can bid for a winter world cup. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legov Posted September 19, 2013 Share Posted September 19, 2013 How the **** are they going to do that?! What about domestic league football in Europe? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
islingtonclaret Posted September 19, 2013 Author Share Posted September 19, 2013 As long as it's doesn't affect Champions League/Europa Cup it seems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legov Posted September 19, 2013 Share Posted September 19, 2013 As long as it's doesn't affect Champions League/Europa Cup it seems. Kaching Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VT Supporter Genie Posted September 19, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted September 19, 2013 There is more than a bit of spin here. UEFA members agreed the cup cannot be held in the summer. Therefore, it needs to go back out for bidding then, not by default become a winter cup.I can't help but think this was Bladder's plan all along. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VT Supporter Genie Posted September 19, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted September 19, 2013 Obviously its all about money. The UEFA members (and others around the world) should all seek huge amounts of compensation from FIFA for the disruption to their schedules, I bet that would re-focus their thinking! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coda Posted September 19, 2013 Share Posted September 19, 2013 Winter will suit England. Gweg's prophecy is falling in to place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimzk5 Posted September 19, 2013 Share Posted September 19, 2013 The only sensible thing to do now is open up the bidding again with Qatar bidding on the proviso that there bid is for a winter world cup Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFCforever1991 Posted September 19, 2013 Share Posted September 19, 2013 (edited) Winter will suit England. Gweg's prophecy is falling in to place. Click to make bigger Edited September 19, 2013 by AVFCforever1991 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator TrentVilla Posted September 19, 2013 Moderator Share Posted September 19, 2013 To be fair to FIFA, who knew it got a bit hot in Qatar in the summer? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingfisher Posted September 19, 2013 Share Posted September 19, 2013 They won the bid on the proviso of air conditioned stadiums, and that was enough apparently. What's changed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
islingtonclaret Posted September 19, 2013 Author Share Posted September 19, 2013 I was taught that it gets cold in the desert at night. Maybe the games should be played at 4:00am. To be honest I'm quite enjoying watching FIFA fall on it's own sword because of the members' greed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Electric Avenue Posted September 19, 2013 Share Posted September 19, 2013 Qatar is hardly desert, it's coastal and humid. It gets cold at night in the middle of the empty quarter but not in Doha etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voinjama Posted September 19, 2013 Share Posted September 19, 2013 I just don't see how they are going to reorganise the leagues, and then reorganise them back to the August to May schedule after the tournament. the chickens are coming home to roost for FIFA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Electric Avenue Posted September 19, 2013 Share Posted September 19, 2013 FIFA corrupt decision making appals me. Allegedly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VT Supporter Rodders Posted September 19, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted September 19, 2013 **** bent bid in the first place. How much money stolen by fifa from countries who evidentally had no chance of securing the bid in the first place? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voinjama Posted September 19, 2013 Share Posted September 19, 2013 Does anyone think it may be moved away from Qatar when they how difficult it will be to move it to winter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coda Posted September 19, 2013 Share Posted September 19, 2013 I don't think there'll be a big problem moving it to winter. It's years away and the powers that be will slowly change their tune. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VT Supporter mjmooney Posted September 19, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted September 19, 2013 Winter break in the domestic league programmes? Plenty of time to organise it, I'd have thought. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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