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FIFA notifies European Clubs Nov/Dec 2022 World Cup is ‘only option’

By Vinnie Criscenzo

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FIFA World Cup task force chief has notified the European clubs that holding the 2022 World Cup in Qatar in Nov. and Dec. is the ‘only option.’

It looks like FIFA won’t back down from their stance on the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.

FIFA’s World Cup task force chief has notified the Europeans clubs that holding the 2022 World Cup in Qatar during the winter is now the ‘only option’ available for the tournament.

The World Cup tournament has always been held during the summer, which is the offseason for the British Premier League, Spain’s La Liga, Germany’s Bundesliga and all the rest of the European leagues. The United State’s Major League Soccer is the only league that has their season going during the summer.

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The problem with the 2022 World Cup in Qatar is that the temperature in Qatar in the summer is dangerously high.

Temperatures in the summer range from highs of 106 to 113 degrees Fahrenheit, sometimes even exceeding 113 degrees. Very rarely does the temperature drop below 99 degrees Fahrenheit. The humidity is also significantly high, making the climate even harder to play in.

The climate in the summer in Qatar is just too dangerous for the players to play in. Which calls to question why FIFA even approved Qatar as the location for the 2022 World Cup.

At first, FIFA was saying that they would institute stoppages in play during the game for water breaks, and they would have state of the art cooling technologies for the players. It doesn’t seem like that will be enough now.

There have been speculations that FIFA would choose to switch the tournament to the winter instead. where the climate would be much safer for the players. While it seems like a simple solution, there are a lot of conflicts that go along with holding the tournament in the winter.

A was stated before, all the European soccer leagues are in the middle of their seasons during that time. This means that either those leagues will need to play without their star players that will be participating in the World Cup, or that they will have to shut down the leagues for the duration of the tournament. Also, I’m not quite sure about what the player’s contracts say about international duty, but the clubs may have some say on whether or not they allow their players to leave the club for their international duties in the World Cup.

The European leagues and clubs can’t be happy about this, but there may not be much they can do about it.

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