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Qatar will not host 2022 World Cup

Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2014 9:34 am
by LiquidHYDROGEN
Fifa ExCo member: 2022 World Cup will not be held in Qatar

• Germany’s Theo Zwanziger believes tournament will be moved
• Excessive heat would ‘trigger investigation by state prosecutor’
• Fifa sets November target to rule on 2022 World Cup bid



The 2022 World Cup will not be held in Qatar because of the scorching temperatures in the Middle East country, the Fifa Executive Committee member Theo Zwanziger predicted on Monday.

“I personally think that in the end the 2022 World Cup will not take place in Qatar,” the German told Sport Bild on Monday.

“Medics say that they cannot accept responsibility with a World Cup taking place under these conditions,” the former German football (DFB) chief, who is now a member of the world football’s governing body Fifa that awarded the tournament to Qatar in 2010.

Although Qatar has insisted that a summer World Cup is viable thanks to cooling technologies it is developing for stadiums, training areas and fan zones, there is still widespread concern over the health of the players and visiting supporters.

“They may be able to cool the stadiums but a World Cup does not take place only there,” Zwanziger said.

“Fans from around the world will be coming and travelling in this heat and the first life-threatening case will trigger an investigation by a state prosecutor. That is not something that Fifa Exco members want to answer for.“

Fifa is looking to shift the tournament to a European winter date to avoid the scorching summer where temperatures routinely rise over 40C (104F).

However, talk of a potential change away from the usual June-July dates has resulted in plenty of opposition from domestic leagues around the world, worried the schedule switch would severely disrupt them.

Both Fifa and Qatar World Cup organisers have also been fending off questions of corruption ever since they were awarded the tournament back in 2010, while Qatar has also been criticised for the conditions provided for migrant workers in the tiny but wealthy Gulf state.

http://www.theguardian.com/football/201 ... -zwanziger

:lol: :lol: Let that be a lesson to all cadaan-worshipping ayrabs.

Re: Qatar will not host 2022 World Cup

Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2014 9:53 am
by MissFiora
Say it was still happening there, would u travel to Qatar for the World Cup?

Re: Qatar will not host 2022 World Cup

Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2014 9:54 am
by FAH1223
MissBonita wrote:Say it was still happening there, would u travel to Qatar for the World Cup?
hell yeah

Re: Qatar will not host 2022 World Cup

Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2014 9:55 am
by LiquidHYDROGEN
No. :lol:

Re: Qatar will not host 2022 World Cup

Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2014 10:02 am
by Gabre
MissBonita wrote:Say it was still happening there, would u travel to Qatar for the World Cup?
Why would you travel to a terrorist-supporting Arab slave state? Death to beesha Al-Thani, they are pure evil.

Re: Qatar will not host 2022 World Cup

Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2014 10:03 am
by MissFiora
Fah ...foreal? War meshuu waa a glorified dessert ..I think they realized that it isn't an ideal destination.

Re: Qatar will not host 2022 World Cup

Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2014 10:07 am
by SecretAgent
Its unsafe to hold the worldcup in russia 2018 but sex workers will be making alot of money :lol:

Re: Qatar will not host 2022 World Cup

Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2014 10:07 am
by FAH1223
MissBonita wrote:Fah ...foreal? War meshuu waa a glorified dessert ..I think they realized that it isn't an ideal destination.
perfect time to make some rich friends

I'll be in my early 30s... time to make bank

Re: Qatar will not host 2022 World Cup

Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2014 10:10 am
by visious
holy shiet 40°C . i consider anything 35°+ death.

I hope they go to Australia/Sweden/Japan/Canada. Qatar definitely can't host a major world event

Re: Qatar will not host 2022 World Cup

Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2014 10:11 am
by blizzard90
u heard no women are allowed in the stadiums. they will watch it on big multi screens next to the stadium.
Arabs just the fun out everything :snoop:

Re: Qatar will not host 2022 World Cup

Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2014 12:13 pm
by kayd92
best news I have heard in a while :blessed: . Serves them right those fat oil pigs :stylin:

Re: Qatar will not host 2022 World Cup

Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2014 12:20 pm
by Hodan94
it was a bad decision anyway with the way isis is going by 2022 they probably have captured Qatar..

I am sure a European nation will host it.

Re: Qatar will not host 2022 World Cup

Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2014 1:53 pm
by FAH1223
Hodan94 wrote:it was a bad decision anyway with the way isis is going by 2022 they probably have captured Qatar..

I am sure a European nation will host it.
Russia is hosting in 2018, it won't be a European country

It'll be the USA!

Re: Qatar will not host 2022 World Cup

Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2014 2:01 pm
by Hodan94
what do yanks know about football :lol:
I recall a friendly game between England and another country at florida and there was absolutely no supporters apart from those who went abroad just to see the match, few yanks present.

even Russia's 2018 is in doubt with the whole Ukraine crisis

Re: Qatar will not host 2022 World Cup

Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2014 2:16 pm
by FAH1223
Hodan94 wrote:what do yanks know about football :lol:
I recall a friendly game between England and another country at florida and there was absolutely no supporters apart from those who went abroad just to see the match, few yanks present.

even Russia's 2018 is in doubt with the whole Ukraine crisis
Soccer is huge in the USA!