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Sepp Blatter Says Awarding FIFA World Cup to Qatar was 'a Mistake'

Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter says the decision to award the 2022 World Cup finals to Qatar was a “mistake". Blatter says he voted for the United States to host the 2022 tournament and blames then-UEFA president Michel Platini for swinging the vote in Qatar’s favour at the behest of then-French president Nicolas Sarkozy. Sarkozy had recommended to Platini “that …

Sepp Blatter says awarding Qatar the FIFA World Cup was 'a mistake'

Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter said he wanted USA to host World Cup in 2022 but Michel Platini swinged the voting in Qatar’s favour. Geneva: Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter says the decision to award the 2022 World Cup finals to Qatar was a “mistake”. “It was based on a decision when I was president, and therefore I bear part …

Sepp Blatter

Picking Qatar to host the World Cup was a mistake 12 years ago, FIFA’s president at the time Sepp Blatter said on Tuesday, again citing a meeting between Nicolas Sarkozy and Michel Platini for swaying key votes. “It’s a country that’s too small,” Mr. Blatter said of Qatar, the smallest host by size since the 1954 tournament in Switzerland. Qatar’s …

Sepp Blatter says picking Qatar as World Cup host was a ‘mistake’

Picking Qatar to host the World Cup was a mistake 12 years ago, FIFA’s president at the time Sepp Blatter said Tuesday, again citing a meeting between Nicolas Sarkozy and Michel Platini for swaying key votes. “It’s a country that’s too small,” Blatter said of Qatar, the smallest host by size since the 1954 tournament in Switzerland. It became part …