Petition · past parliament

Mandate FA to form alliance with counterparts to boycott 2022 World Cup in Qatar

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

Following the new revelations that Qatar secretly offered bribe to FIFA days before it decided that the 2022 World Cup would be held in Qatar. MPs should authorise the FA to form an alliance with its counterparts to boycot 2022 WC regardless of the consequences that could see them banned from FIFA.
Qatar secretly slammed down an extraordinary four hundred million dollar offer in television cash on Fifa’s table … just 21 days before the sports body gave the Gulf state its ultimate prize: the 2022 World Cup
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/revealed-qatars-secret-880m-world-cup-payments-to-fifa-p3r5rvw9x?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1552199613


BringWCBackHome

Why it was rejected

It asked for something that is not the responsibility of the UK Government or Parliament.

Timeline

11 Mar 2019 Petition opened for signatures
20 Mar 2019 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21
Status Rejected
Rejected 20 Mar 2019

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.