SOC: Leaders attempt to end World Cup boycott

From: AAP Sports News (Australia) | Date: March 11, 1999 | Copyright information

AAP Sports News (Australia)
03-11-1999
SOC: Leaders attempt to end World Cup boycott

By Erskine McCullough

ZURICH, Switzerland, March 10 AFP - The leaders of world soccer will meet here tomorrow in
a bid to find a solution that would end an Asian threat to boycott the finals of the 2002
World Cup.

The 24-man FIFA executive committee has been given until Friday to find an extra spot for
an Asian team in the next World Cup - or face a boycott that would severly tarnish the sport's
greatest showcase.

The Asian Football Confederation delivered its ultimatium last December, after ...

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