European clubs favor moving 2022 Cup to spring

Leading European clubs want FIFA to hold the Qatar World Cup in April 2022, Bayern Munich chief executive Karl-Heinz Rummenigge said in a British newspaper interview published on Wednesday.

A task force set up by world governing body FIFA will meet in Zurich next week to investigate the feasibility of moving the tournament from its traditional mid-year slot amid fears about soaring summer temperatures in Qatar.

FIFA and its European counterpart, UEFA, want the tournament to be staged during the Northern Hemisphere winter but Rummenigge, who chairs the European Club Association, thinks it should take place in the spring.