Doha: Qatar will host the FIFA World Cup in 2022, despite comments of FIFA Executive Committee Member Dr Theo Zwanziger, which reflect his personal opinion and not of FIFA,” Nasser Al Khater, Executive Director, Communications and Marketing, the Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy, said in a statement yesterday.
Al Khater said: “The only question now is WHEN, not IF. Summer or winter, we will be ready. We have proved that a FIFA World Cup in Qatar in the summer is possible with state-of-the-art cooling technology. We have demonstrated that our cooling works in outdoor areas beyond stadiums.
“This summer we welcomed fans in Doha to an open-air Brazil 2014 Fan Zone with temperatures cooled to a comfortable 22 degrees C. The evolution of environmentally-friendly cooling technologies is an important legacy for our nation, region and countries with similar climates — promising to expand the reach of hosting major sporting events to countries where it was never thought possible before.”
