{"id":52782,"date":"2011-01-07T16:17:59","date_gmt":"2011-01-07T12:17:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.epress.am\/?p=52782"},"modified":"2011-01-07T16:17:59","modified_gmt":"2011-01-07T12:17:59","slug":"2022-world-cup-in-qatar-will-probably-be-in-winter-%e2%80%93-fifa-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/epress.am\/en\/2011\/01\/07\/2022-world-cup-in-qatar-will-probably-be-in-winter-%e2%80%93-fifa-president.html","title":{"rendered":"2022 World Cup in Qatar Will Probably Be in Winter \u2013 FIFA President"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The 2022 World Cup in Qatar will probably be staged in January rather than June or July, FIFA president Sepp Blatter said for the first time on Friday, reports Reuters.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to a media roundtable in the Qatari capital before the opening match of the Asian Cup, he said: &#8220;I expect it will be held in the winter.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We have time to look at this question, it is still 11 years away but we must decide the most adequate period for a successful World Cup which means January or the end of the year.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Summer temperatures in Qatar can soar to over 40 degrees Celsius while those in the winter months are far more comfortable.<br \/>\nBlatter said that the Qatari football association is now responsible for organising the World Cup and they would work closely with FIFA in the years ahead to guarantee a successful tournament.<br \/>\n&#8220;Do not forget there is still 11 years to go and although we have the basic conditions of their bid for a June and July World Cup, the FIFA executive committee is entitled to change anything that was in the bid.<br \/>\n&#8220;When you play football you have to protect the main people, the players.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>When the decision was announced last month to award Qatar the 2022 finals &#8212; the first time the event has been held in the Middle East &#8212; many observers were concerned the intense temperatures there which can top 50 Celsius would be unbearable for players and fans alike.<\/p>\n<p>In January, the temperatures are usually between 20 and 30 Celsius.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Speaking to a media roundtable in the Qatari capital before the opening match of the Asian Cup, he said: &#8220;I expect it will be held in the winter&#8230;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":52778,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tstyn_error":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/epress.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52782"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/epress.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/epress.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epress.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epress.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52782"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/epress.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52782\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epress.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/52778"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/epress.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52782"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epress.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52782"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epress.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52782"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}