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Re:FIFA Officials Arrested on Corruption Charges; Face Extra... by austenallred on Wednesday May 27, 2015 @02:55PM (#9613542)
They ended up moving the World Cup to winter, determining that it would simply be too hot.

Of course, almost every major soccer league in the world runs during the winter with a summer break, so moving the month-long World Cup to would have thrown a wrench into the scheduling of every league and match in the top leagues. It would be an absolute nightmare.

I have high hopes that the World Cup will be moved (it's been moved with as little as three years notice before), but if not it will be chaos.

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Re:FIFA Officials Arrested on Corruption Charges; Face Extra... by jetti on Wednesday May 27, 2015 @08:55PM (#9615452)
The only league I know of that takes a winter break is the Russian Premier League. That being said, I've heard that it will take at least 2 months of time away from the normal schedule. There is the one month of the actual competition but then 1 month prior to get ready for the tournament.
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