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Yep, it is based on the northern hemisphere. Generally, the football season starts from Aug to May (in Europe) so the WC is usually held on June-July.

AFAIK, Australia's bid was for June-July 2022 and if FIFA changes the date, there is talk that Football Federation Australia will ask for recompense on their bid < http://www.theguardian.com/football/2013/sep/17/world-cup-20... >.

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It sounds like the season is not the reason for the complaint, but that the tournament would interfere with local competition.

So confused by this, why would they ask for their World Cup pitch costs as compensation? That ship has sailed.

The argument is that they bid for a World Cup scheduled for June and July of 2022, so if the World Cup is not in fact scheduled for those dates, it was fraudulent for FIFA to solicit bids under the premise that it is.

So they'd have to refund everybody by that logic.

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