AFC President Sheikh Salman bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa (left) greets FIFA President Gianni Infantino during the AFC Champions League finals football match between Iran's Persepolis and Korea's Ulsan Hyundai on Dec 19, 2020 at the al-Janoub Stadium in the Qatari city of Al Wakrah. (KARIM JAAFAR / AFP)

GENEVA - World Cup matches will play to full stadiums in Qatar next year, global soccer body FIFA president Gianni Infantino said on Monday.

“I am very, very confident (it) will be incredible, will have the same magic, uniting the world,” he told a virtual meeting in Geneva. “We will be back to where we have to be.”

World Cup players were not a priority group for vaccines against COVID-19, he said.