Education City Stadium

Education City Stadium (Arabic: استاد المدينة التعليمية) is a football stadium which is located in Al Rayyan, Qatar, and was built as a venue in time for the upcoming 2022 FIFA World Cup held in Qatar. The stadium is located within several university campuses at the Qatar Foundation's Education City.[1] Following the FIFA World Cup, the stadium will retain 25,000 seats for use by university athletic teams. On 3 September 2020, the stadium hosted its first official match, played in the 2020–21 Qatar Stars League season.[2]

Education City Stadium
Full nameEducation City Stadium
LocationEducation City, Al Rayyan, Qatar
Coordinates25°18′39″N 51°25′28″E
Capacity45,350
Construction
Broke ground2016
OpenedFebruary 2020
ArchitectFenwick Iribarren Architects
Pattern Design
Project managerASTAD
Structural engineerBuro Happold
Arup
Main contractorsJoannou & Paraskevaides
Conspel Qatar

Construction

The stadium is located on the outskirts of the capital Doha and has a capacity of 40,000 seats. It has been given the nickname "Diamond in the Desert".[3][4] With 20 percent of its building materials identified as green, the stadium is among the world's most environmentally sustainable stadiums. In May 2019, Education City Stadium received a five-star GSAS rating.[5][6]

The build contractor is JPAC JV, who appointed Pattern Design as the lead design architect, and Buro Happold for the engineering design.[7] Like other stadiums built for the purpose of the 2022 FIFA World Cup it has been criticized for the working conditions for migrant workers, also by Amnesty International.[8]

However, on 15 March 2022, FIFA president met with Qatar Minister of Labor, Dr. Ali bin Samikh Al Marri in Doha & discussed the labor reforms taking place in the country.[9] On 16 March 2022 Infantino addressed in an interview “I am pleased to see the strong commitment from the Qatari authorities to ensure the reforms are fully implemented across the labor market, leaving a lasting legacy of the FIFA World Cup long after the event, and benefiting migrant workers in the host country in the long term.[10]

Fifa World Cup Qatar

The Education City Stadium is one of eight stadiums being converted for the 2022 FIFA World Cup Qatar.[11] The construction of the stadium was completed in June 2020, making it the third World Cup stadium to be completed.[6] It officially opened on 15 June 2020.[12]

History

On 30 September 2019, FIFA announced the Education City Stadium as the host of the third place match and final of the 2019 FIFA Club World Cup, with the tournament being held in Qatar.[13] The stadium would also have hosted Liverpool’s first match in the semi-finals, but on 7 December 2019, the official opening of Education City Stadium was postponed until early 2020.[14] Thus, Liverpool's opener, the final, and the third place match were all moved to the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha.[15]

The 2020 FIFA Club World Cup was once again held in Qatar. The Education City Stadium was one of the venues.[16] One second round match, one semi-final match, the third place match and the final between Bayern Munich and UANL all took place in the stadium.[17] In 2020 the Education City Stadium hosted the East and West Zone matches of the 2020 AFC Champions League.[16]

The stadium hosted five matches during FIFA Arab Cup 2021.

2022 FIFA World Cup

Education City Stadium will host eight matches during the 2022 FIFA World Cup.

Date Time Team No. 1 Result Team No. 2 Round Attendance
22 November 202216:00 Denmark– TunisiaGroup D
24 November 202216:00 Uruguay– South KoreaGroup H
26 November 202216:00 Poland– Saudi ArabiaGroup C
28 November 202216:00 South Korea– GhanaGroup H
30 November 202218:00 Tunisia– FranceGroup D
2 December 202218:00 South Korea– PortugalGroup H
6 December 202218:00Winners Group F–Runners-up Group ERound of 16
9 December 202218:00Winners Match 53–Winners Match 54Quarter-finals

References
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  2. "Cazorla dazzles as football arrives at Education City". FIFA. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
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  4. "'Diamond in the Desert' will shine for FIFA Club World Cup 2020 Final". iloveqatar.net. 10 February 2021. Retrieved 23 November 2021.
  5. "Educaton City Stadium …. Jewel of the Desert". gulf-times.com. 15 May 2019. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
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  8. "Qatar: "In the prime of their lives": Qatar's failure to investigate, remedy and prevent migrant workers' deaths". amnesty.org. 26 August 2021. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
  9. "FIFA President and Qatar Minister of Labour meet to discuss progress of labour rights". www.fifa.com. Retrieved 7 April 2022.
  10. "FIFA chief Infantino lauds Qatar's labour reforms". ESPN.com. 16 March 2022. Retrieved 7 April 2022.
  11. "Qatar 2022: Football World Cup stadiums at a glance". aljazeera.com. 22 October 2021. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  12. "Education City Stadium completed". gulf-times.com. 4 June 2020. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
  13. "Education City Stadium to host FIFA Club World Cup Qatar 2019™ final". FIFA. Archived from the original on 30 September 2019. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
  14. "Qatar 2022 World Cup venue to host Liverpool games at Club World Cup". bbc.com. 30 September 2019. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
  15. "Liverpool's Club World Cup semi-final in Qatar to be moved with venue not ready". theguardian.com. 7 December 2019. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
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