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Al Bayt Stadium under construction. The Al Bayt Stadium in Qatar was one of eight stadiums used in the 2022 FIFA World Cup, [14] the second largest after Lusail Stadium. [15] The stadium was designed by Dar Al-Handasah. [16] Following the World Cup, it is expected to be reconfigured into a 32,000-seat stadium.
This is a list of football stadiums in Qatar, ranked in descending order of capacity. It includes stadiums with a capacity of at least 1,000 and stadiums built for the 2022 FIFA World Cup . The two largest non-football stadiums in Qatar are the 15,500-capacity Aspire Dome indoor stadium and the 15,300 capacity Lusail Sports Arena .
The 2022 FIFA World Cup opening ceremony took place on Sunday, 20 November 2022 at the Al Bayt Stadium in Al Khor, prior to the opening match of the tournament between hosts Qatar and Ecuador. [1] It included appearances by Morgan Freeman and Ghanim Al-Muftah , and a performance by South Korean singer Jungkook of BTS .
[56] [57] Qatar aspired to be compliant and certified by the Global Sustainability Assessment System (GSAS) for all the World Cup stadiums. All of the five stadium projects launched were designed by German architect Albert Speer & Partners. [58] The Al Bayt and Al Wakrah stadiums were the only indoor stadiums of the eight used. [59]
Bayt.com is a job search and recruitment platform in the Middle East and North Africa [1] [2] [3] founded in 2000 in Dubai. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] The company has operations across 11 locations like Abu Dhabi, Kuwait City, Amman, Beirut, Cairo, Doha, Eastern Province, Jeddah, Riyadh, and Lahore, with headquarters in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
This marked the first time a FIFA World Cup host nation hosts the AFC Asian Cup. Due to the one-year postponement, Qatar 2023 was the only tournament to have been held in an odd-numbered year since the 2007 edition. Hosts and defending champions Qatar retained their title, defeating Jordan 3–1 in the final. [8]
Lusail Stadium [3] (Arabic: استاد لوسيل, [4] ALA-LC: Istād Lūsayl) is a football stadium in Lusail, Qatar.Owned by the Qatar Football Association, [5] it is the largest stadium in Qatar and the Middle East by capacity; one of eight stadiums built for the 2022 FIFA World Cup, it hosted the 2022 FIFA World Cup final game between Argentina and France on 18 December 2022.
The OCA voted on 16 December 2020 at the 39th OCA General Assembly in Muscat, Oman to select the host city. [4] On 15 December 2020, OCA President Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahad Al-Sabah announced that he would attempt to find a dual-host city solution to avoid a vote for the 2030 Asian Games, by persuading one city to host the event in 2030 and the other to organize the competition in 2034. [5]