Education City Stadium

Education City Stadium (Arabic: استاد المدينة التعليمية‎), is a football stadium which is located in Al Rayyan, Qatar, in time for the 2022 FIFA World Cup. Education City Stadium takes the form of a jagged diamond. The 45,350-seat[1] stadium will be located in the midst of several university campuses at the Qatar Foundation's Education City. It should be easily accessible for fans both in Qatar and in neighboring Bahrain, which will be only 51 minutes away from the stadium by high-speed rail. 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 under the 2020-21 Qatar Stars League.[2]

Education City Stadium
Aerial view of the stadium
LocationEducation City, Al Rayyan, Qatar
Coordinates25°18′39″N 51°25′28″E
Capacity45,350
(planned)
Construction
Broke ground2016
Opened15 June 2020
ArchitectFenwick Iribarren Architects
Pattern Design
Project managerASTAD
Structural engineerBuro Happold
Arup
Main contractorsJoannou & Paraskevaides
Conspel Qatar

Construction

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 five-star GSAS rating.[3]

The Design and Build Contractor is JPAC JV, who appointed Pattern Design as the lead design architect and Buro Happold for engineering design.[4]

2019 FIFA Club World Cup

On 30 September 2019, FIFA announced the 45,360-seater Education City Stadium as the host of the third-place play-off and final at the FIFA Club World Cup Qatar 2019.[5] The stadium would have hosted Liverpool’s opener in the semi-finals,[6] but on 7 December 2019, the official opening of Education City Stadium was postponed until early 2020. Liverpool's opener, the final, and the third-place playoff were moved to the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha.

2022 FIFA World Cup

The stadium was completed in June 2020 [7] and officially opened on 15 June 2020.

References
  1. Education City Stadium
  2. "Cazorla dazzles as football arrives at Education City". FIFA. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
  3. "Education City Stadium...Jewel of the Desert". Gulf Times.
  4. "Education City Stadium Design". Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy. 9 July 2018. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
  5. "Education City Stadium to host FIFA Club World Cup Qatar 2019™ final". FIFA. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
  6. "Qatar 2022 World Cup venue to host Liverpool games at Club World Cup". BBC Sport. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
  7. https://www.gulf-times.com/story/664827/Education-City-Stadium-completed


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