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FIFA has had strict stadium guideline requirements since at least 2001. [1] Stadiums must have a capacity of at least 40,000, stadiums hosting quarter-finals or semi-finals must have a minimum of 60,000 and those hosting the opening ceremony or final must have a capacity of at least 80,000. [2]
Only stadiums with a capacity of 40,000 or more are included in this list. Stadiums that are defunct or closed, or those that no longer serve as competitive sports venues (such as Great Strahov Stadium , which was the largest in the world and held around 250,000 spectators), are not included.
That is the minimum capacity required for a stadium to host FIFA World Cup finals matches. Note that most sports venues with a capacity of at least 40,000 are used for association football. The list contains both stadiums used solely for football, and those used for other sports as well as football. Some stadiums are only used by a team for ...
It is located next to the South African Football Association headquarters (SAFA House) where both the FIFA offices and the Local Organising Committee for the 2010 FIFA World Cup are housed. [5] Designed as the main association football stadium for the 2010 World Cup, the FNB Stadium became the largest stadium in Africa with a capacity of 94,736 ...
England national rugby union team, 1991 Rugby World Cup Final, 2015 Rugby World Cup, 2015 Rugby World Cup final: Rugby union Kansas Speedway: 81,687 [1] Kansas City US: NASCAR Cup Series: Motor racing Signal Iduna Park: 81,365 [53] Dortmund Germany: Borussia Dortmund: Association football Stade de France: 81,338: Saint-Denis France
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.
Barcelona's record attendance was set on 5 March 1986 in the European Cup quarter-final against Juventus in front of 120,000 spectators, just 1,401 shy of the stadium's capacity. [29] [30] The Camp Nou was one of several stadiums used throughout the 1982 World Cup, hosting the inauguration ceremony on 13 June.
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.