2022 World Cup: FIFA 'in contact' with Qatar

By Daily Sports on June 7, 2017

 Soccer's governing body FIFA said on Monday it was in "regular contact" with the organizing committee of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, though it did not comment directly on the diplomatic situation involving the Gulf State.

Saudi Arabia, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates and others severed ties with Qatar on Monday, accusing it of supporting terrorism and opening up the worst rift in years among some of the most powerful states in the Arab world.

FIFA said in an emailed statement that it was "in regular contact with the Qatar 2022 Local Organising Committee and the Supreme Committee for Delivery and Legacy handling matters relating to the 2022 FIFA World Cup."

"We have no further comments for the time being," it added.

Qatar's local World Cup organizing committee and the Asian Football Confederation (AFC,) which organizes international matches in the region, both declined to comment.

The influential German Football Association (DFB), whose team are the world champions, said it would discuss the matter with the German government.

"We will discuss the new, complex political situation in the region and specifically in Qatar with the federal government," DFB President Reinhard Grindel said in a statement.

"In such matters we will of course be in very close contact with (European soccer's governing body) UEFA.

"There are still five years to go before the World Cup starts. During this time priority should be given to political solutions rather than threats of boycott," added Grindel, who is also a FIFA Council member.

Source Daily Sports

Posted June 7, 2017


 

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