FIFA Committee Recommends November-December World Cup in Qatar

A task force for football's governing body said Tuesday that the 2022 World Cup tournament in Qatar should run from late November to late December. The FIFA committee called that period the "most viable" in order to not interfere with other global events and to escape the heat the host country experiences between May and September. The tournament is traditionally held in June and July, when high temperatures in Qatar regularly exceed 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees...

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