Why is 2022 FIFA Qatar World Cup taking place in November instead of June-July?

Why is 2022 FIFA Qatar World Cup taking place in November instead of June-July?

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Because of the humidity, Qatar will organize the FIFA 2022 World Cup in the winter instead of the customary summers. On Monday, November 21, the hosts Qatar and Ecuador head out at the Al Bayt stadium in Al Khor to commence the championship.

After FIFA granted Qatar the World Cup in 2010, a series of critical operational concerns were discovered right afterward. The FIFA World Cup this year is special in that it starts in November, amid the European football campaign.

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Why is the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar being held in November rather than June or July?

This is mostly because of the nation’s severe weather, which makes it too hot to play outdoors in June and July. The Middle East’s harsh humidity is among the biggest fears for foreign countries. In Qatar, the average annual temperature is 29 degrees Celsius, however, the summer times can exceed 40.

Given medical and sickness considerations, the players cannot perform in such heat, hence in 2015 FIFA revealed that the World Cup will be held in November and December rather than in June and July which is generally linked with the event.

Has a World Cup ever been held in the winter?

The World Cup is being held in Europe’s winter for the first time. Despite taking place in hot settings like Brazil, Mexico, and Argentina, the championship has never been rescheduled to subsequently in the year.

How has the FIFA World Cup 2022 in the winter affected club football?

In 2010, Qatar was chosen as the host nation for the 2022 World Cup after a competitive bid process. The competition would be held in June and July, as it had in the past. FIFA, however, decided to postpone the World Cup to November–December due to worries about the hot humid temperatures in the Middle East, which typically averaged 41.2 degrees Celsius (106.2 Fahrenheit) in June.

The club leagues were instantly significantly affected by that judgment, especially in Europe where the campaign is often conducted from August to May. The last two months of the year are very active because there are many domestic games as well as Champions League and Europa League group matches.

The club competition will be halted for at least six weeks during the Qatar 2022 tournament, which will take place from November 21 to December 18, 2022. To make the 2022–23 season work with both the club game and the World Cup, it will need to be realigned.

The beginning and end dates of the 2022–23 season, as well as perhaps the opening of the 2023–24 season, will be impacted by the World Cup’s placement amid a club season.

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