Qatar is ready to host the 2022 World Cup at a time FIFA wants it to, the Qatar 2022 Supreme Committee said in a statement yesterday.
The ongoing FIFA Executive Committee meetings in Zurich will discuss the period of the competition for the 2022 FIFA World Cup with reports indicating that the event would be moved to winter.
“If the international football community reaches a consensus to move the event to an alternate date, we are able to accommodate that change. This would not affect our planning and preparation,” the Qatar 2022 Supreme Committee said.
“Our commitment to cooling technologies will continue, for without it certain parts of the world will be denied the right to host such events.” it said.
“Qatar already has one cooled stadium at Al Sadd Sports Club, retrofitted in 2008. FIFA’s inspection team visited this stadium and experienced the cooling first-hand.”
The statement said Qatar was keen to develop solutions so that players and fans in countries with similar climates could enjoy football.
“We bid for the FIFA World Cup in summer because we saw the opportunity to present solutions for players and fans in our country, and others with similar climates, to enjoy the outdoors in cool, safe and comfortable conditions in the summer months. We committed significant time and resources toward proving that we could host the tournament in summer in cool, comfortable and safe conditions,” the statement said.
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