FIFA deliberately made false claims about last year`s Qatar World Cup being carbon neutral, an advertising regulator in Switzerland said Wednesday. FIFA was not able to provide proof that the claims were accurate, the federally recognized Swiss Commission for Fairness said in its judgment into complaints filed from five countries.

The commission said it advised FIFA to refrain from making unsubstantiated claims in the future. Particularly the claim that the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar was climate- or carbon-neutral.