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Barozi on 25 February 2015
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Augen said:
The Fury said:

World Cup 2022 will be held in November/December of 2022.

So, the regular season will start early, stop for 2 or more months then start back up again. The tournament is only a month but players will need at least 3 weeks off before and a week after.

This will affect, not only Prem but all top flight competitions world wide, Champions league and even some lesser leagues too. World Club Cup is always held around this time so that will be delayed moved. 

Maybe I'm exageratting on the issues but it is all just a bit silly.

I have never been a fan of 2022 and Qatar and how bidding was handled (Australia or US would have been fine hosts).  The odd thing will be our domestic league in US and Canada will actually align really well for once with a World Cup.  I am surprised UEFA didn't throw more of a fit in regards to this.  My guess is 2022 start early and finish later in 2023 for domestic leagues.

How about Germany again?
That would give us a reason to extend the capacity of the stadiums or build brand new ones since the existing ones are reaching their limits.
Unfortunately many of them were built (or renovated) for the '06 WC and back then during planning phase, the attendance boom just started.
Otherwise I don't see the clubs doing such changes anytime soon. Perhaps not even for the Euros (if we get them).