2022 Winter Olympics / Football World Cup Likely to be Nearly A Year Apart
2022 Winter Olympics / Football World Cup Likely to be Nearly A Year Apart
Published : 11-Jan-2014 09:29
A feared dates clash between the 2022 Football World Cup in Qatar and the 2022 Winter Olympics (venue yet to be decided but all candidates in the northern hemisphere) now seems less likely with the announcement by Jérôme Valcke, the secretary general of FIFA, that the organisation, that the World Cup would take place between November and January rather than on the traditional summer dates when temperatures can reach 50C in the Middle East.
However the November to January being considered for the World Cup are those in late 2022-23 rather than 2021-22 as first feared.
Wherever they're held, the 2022 Olympics will be around February 2022, therefore some 9 – 11 months before the Football World Cup, easing fears of a battle for TV rights and sponsor money between the IOC, FIS and FIFA – all based in Switzerland.
FIFA is still in a consultation process with national footballing bodies on the move from a summer to winter staging of the World Cup. The move is believed to be especially unpopular with England who were not only an unsuccessful candidate for the 2018 World Cup but is also home to the world's most popular and successful domestic league where many of the world's top players play, and which would face major disruption with the dates change from the World cup norm between football seasons.
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