FA to move 2023 Cup Final to accommodate Champions League final and Qatar World Cup

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·21 September 2019

FA to move 2023 Cup Final to accommodate Champions League final and Qatar World Cup

The FA have agreed to bring forward the date of the 2023 FA Cup Final so that they can secure the Champions League final at Wembley that year.

UEFA demand control of the stadium for more than a week in the run-up to the Champions League final meaning the FA Cup, that would normally take place the weekend before would have to be moved as the FA would not have control of Wembley.

The FA, unsurprisingly, have shown flexibility in their bid to land the showpiece with the World Cup to be played in Qatar that winter, throwing the world footballing calendar into chaos.