No decision on Qatar World Cup before next year: Blatter
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FIFA has launched a consultation process to decide whether to move the 2022 World Cup in Qatar away from the traditional June-July slot and will not make a decision until mid-2014 at the earliest, President Sepp Blatter said in Zurich yesterday.
Blatter added that FIFA “would not turn a blind eye” to allegations of labor abuses in Qatar following reports that dozens of Nepali workers had died on building sites in the summer.
Qatar was awarded the right to host the competition in December 2010 in a decision based on its plans to stage the event in June-July using air-conditioned stadiums to combat the fierce heat.
Despite Qatar’s assurances that the plan is viable, there has been widespread concern over the health of the players and visiting fans in the searing conditions of the desert summer.
Blatter said there was no question of staging the tournament elsewhere. “The 2022 World Cup will be played in Qatar. There you are,” he said in opening a news conference.
“The decision of the executive committee taken in December 2010 is still there and there is no reason to call into question this decision, even though we only had 22 members who voted,” he said.
However, no decision would be taken until after the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, which finishes in July.
Blatter said labor rights were not FIFA’s responsibility but it could not ignore any problems. “Throughout the world this is not FIFA’s remit, we cannot assume responsibility for the security of building sites in the world, but we’re not indifferent. We can’t say it doesn’t concern us,” he said.
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