World Cup 2022 stadiums: Pictures, capacities and host cities
Your complete guide to World Cup stadiums in Qatar, including stats, facts and pictures of every arena.
The winter World Cup has finally arrived with Qatar in hosting mode as fans from across the globe descend on the Gulf State.
The tournament has been shrouded in controversy since FIFA announced the tournament would be heading to the Middle Eastern nation due to the country's human rights record.
Doha and surrounding areas have been radically overhauled since winning the bid, with state-of-the-art stadiums rising from the ground to host matches.
There are only five host cities, with eight stadiums littered between them, including half of them being situated around the Doha area.
RadioTimes.com has rounded up all the facts about the Qatar World Cup stadiums for the 2022 tournament.
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Lusail Iconic Stadium
City: Lusail
Capacity: 80,000
The centrepiece, the main stage, the headline acts, the very heart of it all. The Lusail Iconic Stadium will host the 2022 World Cup final.
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Al Bayt Stadium
City: Al Khor
Capacity: 60,000
It all gets underway at the Al Bayt Stadium in November 2022. The opening match of the tournament will be held here including an inevitably glitzy opening ceremony.
Stadium 974
City: Doha
Capacity: 40,000
The new design for this stadium will incorporate a number of shipping containers and reusable elements. The stadium will only ever host six competitive games before it is entirely dismantled and re-used in other projects.
Al Thumama Stadium
City: Doha
Capacity: 40,000
The stadium has been constructed to represent the gahfiya, a traditional woven cap worn by men across the Middle East.
Education City Stadium
City: Al Rayyan
Capacity: 45,350
Following the conclusion of the tournament, 20,000 seats will be removed and donated to developing nations as they seek to build impressive football arenas.
Ahmed bin Ali Stadium
City: Al Rayyan
Capacity: 44,740
The surrounding facilities will incorporate a number of sand dune-shaped structures that signify the desert landscape around the ground and Qatar itself.
Khalifa International Stadium
City: Al Rayyan
Capacity: 40,000
The Khalifa International Stadium is a long-standing stadium, relatively speaking, and has undergone several makeovers since breaking ground in 1975.
Al Janoub Stadium
City: Al Wakrah
Capacity: 40,000
It says a lot that you can build a stadium that looks as futuristic as this and only use it for one knockout game – a Round of 16 tie at that.
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Michael Potts is the Sport Editor for Radio Times, covering all of the biggest sporting events across the globe with previews, features, interviews and more. He has worked for Radio Times since 2019 and previously worked on the sport desk at Express.co.uk after starting his career writing features for What Culture. He achieved a first-class degree in Sports Journalism in 2014.
