FIFA suggests 2022 WC in winter

A FIFA World Cup task force on Tuesday recommended the 2022 World Cup in Qatar be shortened and held in November-December to avoid the scorching summer temperatures.

"There is one solution, November-December," said FIFA general secretary Jerome Valcke after a meeting of the task force in Doha.

FIFA's executive committee will make a final decision at a meeting in March. But a FIFA statement said: "The proposed event dates have the full support of all six confederations."

FIFA said the task force had also recommended a shorter competition. But it did not say by how much the tournament would be shrunk.

"The outcome of the discussions is also a proposed reduced competition days schedule with the exact dates to be defined inline with the match schedule and number of venues to be used for the 22nd edition of football's flagship event," said the FIFA statement.