article_snippet: Jim Boyce, from Northern Ireland, sits on the FIFA executive committee that will make the decision on the dates of the tournament which is being played in the winter to avoid the fierce heat of June/July, and Britain's FIFA vice-president believes that moves to stage the 2022 final on December 23 will be defeated.
article_snippet: UEFA has been pushing for December 23 but FIFA said in February the final would not be staged later than December 18, which also happens to be Qatar's national day.
article_snippet: The most likely outcome of the meeting is that FIFA will announce a shortened tournament starting on Sunday November 20 and finishing four weeks later on Sunday December 18.
article_snippet: Boyce, who steps down as FIFA vice-president in May, told Press Association Sport: 'There is no way you can have a World Cup final on December 23 and then have a lot of people all trying to get home for Christmas. '
article_snippet: December 18 has to be the absolute deadline and in Britain that would allow the club programme to resume their fixtures on Boxing Day.'
article_snippet: FIFA president Sepp Blatter believes that the 2022 World Cup in Qatar will be concluded by December 18 .
article_snippet: A UEFA source said the European governing body would accept December 18 if that was the consensus as there was still enough time to plan to accommodate the necessary changes.
highlights_snippet: Jim Boyce does not believe the final will be held as late as December 23 .
  
highlights_snippet: Sepp Blatter believes the tournament will conclude by December 18 .
  