MOSCOW, eleven Jun - R-Sport. Appeared in foreign media about the fact that FIFA is considering the option of postponing the football world Cup 2018 from Russia to Qatar is not true, said the Agency "R-Sport" in the press service of FIFA.

first Spanish print edition said that FIFA has a plan for the transfer of the FIFA world Cup 2018 from Russia to Qatar in the event that the escalation of the conflict in the South-East of Ukraine. According to the publication, the management of FIFA secretly appealed to the government of Qatar, which is preparing to host the 2022 world Cup, with the application to expedite the construction of stadiums in the country to at least eight of them were absolutely prepared to 2018.

"This information does not correspond to reality, "- told "R-Sport" in the press service of FIFA.

1st in the history of the world championship on football in the territory of the Russian Federation will take place from June 14 to fifteen July 2018. The FIFA world Cup matches will be played in eleven cities of Russia: Moscow, Kaliningrad, St. Petersburg, Volgograd, Kazan, Nizhny Novgorod, Samara, Saransk, Rostov-on-don, Sochi and Yekaterinburg.


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