FIFA exco agenda: Not only Qatar 2022 but also Palestine and Turkey
ZURICH: FIFA has confirmed the proposal by president Sepp Blatter that its governing executive committee will discuss next month the timing of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar writes KEIR RADNEDGE.
The issue is listed way down the agendat at point 25.2 on sports/political issues in the agenda for the exco meeting at FIFA’s headquarters in Zurich on October 3-4.
Other topics up for discussion include progress on the delicate negotiations between the national associations of Palestine and Israel as well as the latest steps undertaken by the Task Force Against Racism and Discrimination.
The exco will also hear a report from British vice-president Jim Boyce about the World U-20 Youth Cup in Turkey which will doubtless consider the issue of poor attendances at a time when the host nation was seeking to demonstrate its enthusiasm for sport ahead of bids for the 2020 Olympics and – as it turned out – the final matches in the 2020 European Championship.
Full agenda
1. President’s report
2. Confederation reports
Report on the confederations’ activities since the Executive Committee meeting in Zurich on 20 and 21 March 2013
3. FIFA U-20 World Cup Turkey 2013
Report by the former chairman Jim Boyce on the tournament from 21 June – 13 July 2013
4. FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Tahiti 2013
Report by the chairman Marco Polo Del Nero on the tournament from 18-28 September 2013
5. FIFA U-17 World Cup UAE 2013
Update from the chairman Rafael Salguero on the preparations for the tournament from 17 October – 8 November 2013
6. Organising Committee for the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup Costa Rica 2014
Report by the chairman Hany Abo Rida on the meeting in Zurich on 3 September 2013
7. Organising Committee for the FIFA Club World Cup Morocco 2013
Report by the chairman Mohamed Raouraoua on the meeting in Zurich on 1 October 2013
8. Women’s football
Update from the FIFA Secretary General on the way forward for the game
9. FIFA Confederations Cup Brazil 2013
Report by the FIFA Secretary General on the tournament from 15-30 June 2013
10. 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil™
Update from the FIFA Secretary General on the preparations for the tournament from 12 June – 13 July 2014
11. 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia™
Update from the FIFA Secretary General on the preparations for the tournament
12. 2022 FIFA World Cup Qatar™
Update from the FIFA Secretary General on the preparations for the tournament
13. Football Committee
Report by the chairman Michel Platini on the meeting in Zurich on 2 October 2013
14. Medical Committee
Report by the chairman Dr. Michel D’Hooghe on the meeting in Zurich on 2 October 2013
15. Stadium and Security Committee
Report by the chairman Jilong Zhang on the meeting in Zurich on 2 October 2013
16. FIFA Congress
16.1. Reform process
16.2. Decisions following the 63rd FIFA Congress in 2013
16.3. FIFA Congresses 2014 and 2015
17. Task Force Against Racism and Discrimination
Report by the chairman Jeffrey Webb on the meeting in Zurich on 12 September 2013
18. Audit and Compliance Committee
Report on the meeting in Zurich on 2 September 2013
19. Finance Committee
Report by the chairman Julio Grondona on the meeting in Zurich on 3 October 2013
20. Associations Committee
Report by the chairman Senes Erzik on the meeting in Zurich on 2 September 2013
21. Development Committee
Report by the chairman Issa Hayatou on the meeting in Zurich on 3 September 2013
22. Committee for Fair Play and Social Responsibility
Report by the chairman H.R.H. Prince Ali Bin Al Hussein on the meeting in Zurich on 1 October 2013
23. Marketing and Television Committee
Report by the deputy chairman Shk. Salman Bin Ibrahim Al Khalifa on the meeting in Zurich on 2 October 2013
24. Communications
24.1. Update on current projects and activities
24.2. FIFA Ambassador programme
25. Sports-political matters
25.1. Israel-Palestine situation: discussions in Zurich on 3 and 23 September 2013
25.2. 2022 FIFA World Cup Qatar™: period of the competition
26. Miscellaneous
26.1. Proposal from the IR Iran Football Federation to introduce a Fans’ Day in the FIFA event calendar
26.2. Request from the Iraqi Football Association to lift the ban on playing international friendly matches in Iraq
26.3. Proposal from the presidents of the Football Associations of the Gulf Cup to include the Gulf Cup in the international match calendar
26.4. Composition of the FIFA Players’ Status Committee and the FIFA Dispute Resolution Chamber
26.5. Approval of the FIFA event calendar for 2014
26.6. Update on the bidding status for FIFA’s tournaments and congresses in 2016-2017
27. Next meeting (Salvador de Bahia on Wednesday, 4 and Thursday, 5 December 2013)
