{"id":1446663,"date":"2022-04-19T18:14:37","date_gmt":"2022-04-19T22:14:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1446663"},"modified":"2022-04-19T18:14:44","modified_gmt":"2022-04-19T22:14:44","slug":"fact-check-did-fifa-announce-a-plan-to-extend-world-cup-matches-in-qatar-by-10-minutes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-did-fifa-announce-a-plan-to-extend-world-cup-matches-in-qatar-by-10-minutes\/","title":{"rendered":"FACT CHECK: Did FIFA Announce A Plan To Extend World Cup Matches in Qatar By 10 Minutes?"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffact-check-did-fifa-announce-a-plan-to-extend-world-cup-matches-in-qatar-by-10-minutes%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1446663&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p><span>A post <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DeadlineDayLive\/posts\/2749131675232807\"><span>shared on Facebook<\/span><\/a><span> claims FIFA plans to extend the duration of matches at the World Cup in Qatar this year from 90 minutes to 100 minutes.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Verdict: False<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>There is no evidence to suggest that FIFA has, or intends to, extend the duration of soccer matches for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. FIFA confirmed in a statement the claim was false.<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Fact Check:\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The highly-anticipated <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fifa.com\/tournaments\/mens\/worldcup\/qatar2022\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">2022 FIFA World Cup<\/a> is scheduled to start Nov. 21 in Qatar, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.skysports.com\/football\/news\/12098\/12354033\/world-cup-2022-dates-draw-schedule-kick-off-times-final-for-qatar-tournament\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sky Sports<\/a>. A viral Facebook post claims the international tournament will have one notable difference this year: longer matches.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201c<\/span><span>FIFA plan to extend FIFA World Cup matches in Qatar from 90 minutes to 100 minutes this winter,\u201d reads the post. Some Facebook users expressed frustration over the alleged news. \u201cThe game has been ruined,\u201d reads a comment from one user. One iteration of the post shared on <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DeadlineDayLive\/status\/1511667025998974977\"><span>Twitter<\/span><\/a><span> garnered 14,000 likes and over 1,700 retweets.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\ud83d\udea8 FIFA plan to extend World Cup matches in Qatar from 90 minutes to 100 minutes this winter.<\/p>\n<p>(Source: Corriere dello Sport) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/TMHJKGBWlR\">pic.twitter.com\/TMHJKGBWlR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Transfer News Live (@DeadlineDayLive) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DeadlineDayLive\/status\/1511667025998974977?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 6, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>The claim, however, is not factual. No mention of the alleged change appears on the FIFA World Cup <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fifa.com\/tournaments\/mens\/worldcup\/qatar2022\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">website<\/a> or on the tournament\u2019s verified <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/search\/posts?q=extend%20matches%20in%20Qatar%20&#038;filters=eyJycF9hdXRob3I6MCI6IntcIm5hbWVcIjpcImF1dGhvclwiLFwiYXJnc1wiOlwiNjA2NzIxNTg5MzQzNjkyXCJ9In0%3D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">social<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/fifaworldcup\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">media<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=(from%3AFIFAWorldCup)%20extend%20Qatar%20matches&#038;src=typed_query&#038;f=top\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">accounts<\/a>. There are likewise no news reports about the additional 10 minutes of gameplay from outlets like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/search\/_\/q\/World%20Cup%20100%20minutes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ESPN<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.skysports.com\/search?q=World+Cup+100+minutes&#038;searchtype=the+site&#038;v=2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sky Sports News<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>FIFA confirmed the rumor was false in an April 6 tweet from one of its verified Twitter accounts. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2021\/05\/26\/fact-check-lionel-messi-say-not-play-match-israel-palestine\/\">(RELATED: Did Lionel Messi Say He Would Not Play A Soccer Match Against Israel?)<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">FIFA Statement<\/p>\n<p>Following some reports and rumours spread today, FIFA would like to clarify that there will be no changes to the rules regarding the length of football matches for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022\u2122\ufe0f or any other competition.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 FIFA Media (@fifamedia) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/fifamedia\/status\/1511761335863894028?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 6, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>\u201cFollowing some reports and rumours spread today, FIFA would like to clarify that there will be no changes to the rules regarding the length of football matches for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022\u2122\ufe0f or any other competition,\u201d reads the tweet.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>All professional FIFA soccer matches are divided into two 45-minute halves, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rookieroad.com\/soccer\/basics\/game-length\/#:~:text=16%20year%20olds)-,How%20long%20is%20a%20FIFA%20soccer%20game%3F,half%20and%20lasts%2015%20minutes.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">rookieroad.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A post shared on Facebook claims FIFA plans to extend the duration of matches at the World Cup in Qatar this year from 90 minutes to 100 minutes.\u00a0Verdict: False There<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":613,"featured_media":1446691,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1446663","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1446663","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/613"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1446663"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1446663\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1446691"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1446663"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1446663"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1446663"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}