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Qatar adamant it will host 2022 World Cup despite doubts [View all]
(Reuters) - Qatar remained adamant it would host the 2022 soccer World Cup despite a FIFA Executive Committee member suggesting on Monday that the tournament would have to move because of scorching temperatures.
"The only question now is when, not if," Qatar 2022 communications director Nasser Al Khater said in a statement.
"Summer or winter, we will be ready."
Theo Zwanziger, the former German soccer association (DFB) chief who now sits on the executive committee of world soccer's governing body, had said earlier that he felt the tournament would have to be held elsewhere.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/09/22/us-soccer-qatar-fifa-zwanziger-idUSKCN0HH1C820140922
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