Coronavirus could majorly impact 2022 Qatar World Cup: UEFA official

ongoing coronavirus pandemic has affected all forms of competitive football in last couple of months. UEFA Euro 2020 has already been postponed to 2021 as has Tokyo 2020 Olympics. However, recent reports have claimed that coronavirus pandemic could also affect 2022 Qatar World Cup.

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Will Qatar World Cup be cancelled due to coronavirus?

Speaking in a recent interview with ESPN, UEFA executive committee member Lars-Christer Olsson said it was a case of "wait and see" if event would be hit. He was quoted as saying “Probably two or three years I think. If virus is developing in an even more serious way as it's been for time being, re will definitely be a problem with international calendar. When some of competitions are moved from one year to ar ... and n Qatar World Cup is coming in middle of European season and you have to squeeze in domestic and international competitions. But I think we have to wait and see how that is going to affect business."

So will Qatar World Cup be cancelled due to coronavirus pandemic? We will have to wait and watch just like rest of world.

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