On Wednesday FIFA’s general
secretary, Jerome Valcke, reported to a French radio station that the 2022
World Cup in Qatar will not be held during the usual months of June and July.
Instead, due to extreme summer heat in Qatar, the 2022 tournament will take
place in the winter. Valcke admits that
he believes the tournament will take place between November 15th and
January 15th at the latest. “If you play between November 15 and the end of
December that’s the time when the weather conditions are best, when you can
play in temperatures equivalent to a warm spring season in Europe.” Sepp
Blatter, president of FIFA, has since told the media that Valcke’s comments are
not conclusive, rather they are the personal opinion of Valcke.
