BERNE (Reuters) - Playing the 2022 World Cup in April and May would be the "best solution" for the tournament and would have the least impact on the football calendar, according to the association representing European clubs (ECA).
ECA said that, provided matches kick off in the evening, the heat in Qatar would be "less extreme than the temperature experienced in some previous World Cups (i.e. Mexico 1986, USA 1994, Brazil 2014)".
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