The tournament will kick off on 21 November with the final being played on 18 December.
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La Liga files appeal to stop Federation Internationale de Football Association from moving World Cup to the winter]. The 2015 MLS Cup playoffs are slated to begin in late-October/early-November and conclude with the MLS Cup championship match some time in early-December. This announcement has caused a resurgence of discussions about the capability and plausibility of Qatar as a location for one of the most significant global sports events in the world, with issues ranging from geographical to sociopolitical.
The English Premier League have maintained a strong stance against the possibility of rescheduling European competitions to arrange a World Cup away from its traditional summer slot.
The French football legend, among the candidates to replace Blatter at Fifa in February, has repeatedly come under pressure over his decision to back the controversial Qatar campaign during the bidding process in 2010.
To put it kindly, the 2022 World Cup in Qatar is rife with ridiculum.
The reduced timescale is to minimise the impact on participating nations’ domestic competitions, with the tournament set to interrupt every European league.
To combat the problem associated with playing football in the sweltering heat of a Qatari summer, the tournament has made history by moving it’s playing schedule to the milder months in winter.
Instead, the two fixtures typically scheduled in October will be moved forward four months.
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The next Executive Committee meeting, also the last one of this year, will take place in Zurich in December with the date yet to be confirmed. This would give clubs more time to assess how their sides compete in the first six weeks of the season before deciding whether to bring in reinforcements.
