FIFA Special Committee to Meet Next Week to Determine Timing of Qatar World Cup 2022

Doha, February 19 (QNA) - FIFA special committee tasked to determine the timing of Qatar 2022 FIFA World Cup will hold a meeting next week. AFC President Sheik Salman bin Ibrahim Al Khalifa of Bahrain will preside over the meeting in the presence of representatives of regional and national confederations at levels of leagues, clubs and representatives of the International Federation of Professional Footballers ,European Clubs Association , UEFA Champions League Stars and Hassan Al Thawadi, secretary general of the Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy. It is to be noted that the committee has held two meetings last September and October to determine the most appropriate date for the first World Cup in the Middle East. This meeting is very important for FIFA special committees upon which it will submit its final report to the FIFA executive committee which will be meet next March. 2022 FIFA World Cup Qatar Local Organizing Committee has announced that it will hold a press conference next Wednesday during which Hassan Al Thawadi, head of organizing committee and FIFA General Secretary Jerome Valcke will present a briefing on the latest developments concerning the organization of Qatar 2022. World Cup.(QNA)