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1st LD Wriethru: FIFA announces match date of 2022 World Cup

Xinhua, September 25, 2015 Adjust font size:

The Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) Friday announced the 2022 FIFA World Cup would be staged from Nov. 21 to Dec. 18 in Qatar.

The decision came after a two-day FIFA Executive Committee meeting deliberating a number of forward-looking measures to improve governance as part of the reform process and to promote greater participation of women in football.

Meanwhile, the Executive Committee approved the agenda for the Extraordinary FIFA Congress that will take place in Zurich on Feb. 26, 2016 in order to appoint a new FIFA president. The agenda will include a package of reforms and amendments to the FIFA Statutes.

In regard to the proposed amendments to article 36 of the FIFA Code of Ethics to allow the independent Ethics Committee to publish more information about its proceedings, the Executive Committee declared its support in principle and asked the FIFA Legal Committee for a final deliberation ahead of the next Executive Committee meeting.

The Executive Committee also supported the call made by the FIFA Task Force for Women's Football for greater inclusion and participation of women in football, which will be referred to the 2016 FIFA Reform Committee for consideration in the development of the final reform proposals.

The chairman of the 2016 FIFA Reform Committee, Francois Carrard, briefed the members on his committee's work and said that he would submit a set of recommended reform proposals to the Executive Committee at its December meeting. The Executive Committee welcomed Francois Carrard's report and reconfirmed its commitment to reforms.

It was also re-confirmed during the meeting that there would be no obligation for clubs to release players for the Men's Olympic Football Tournament Rio 2016, given that the event is not part of the international match calendar.

However, FIFA is asking for support from the clubs to allow players who are called up by their national teams to be given the chance to be part of the Olympic experience.

Given the current refugee crisis, the Executive Committee decided to donate 1 million U.S. dollars to the UN Refugee Agency.

The next Executive Committee meeting, also the last one of this year, will take place in Zurich in December with the date yet to be confirmed. Endti