Al Janoub Stadium Al Wakrah, Qatar 2022 Building Project, FIFA Arena Design News
Al Janoub Stadium, Al Wakrah, Qatar
FIFA 2022 Sports Arena Building in Middle East – by AECOM with Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA)
17 May 2019
Al Janoub Stadium Building in Qatar
Design: AECOM, in association with Zaha Hadid Architects
Al Janoub Stadium In Al Wakrah, Qatar, Inaugurated
Location: Al Wakrah, Qatar
Photograph by Hufton+Crow

Inaugurated on 16 May 2019 by hosting the Amir Cup Final of the Qatar Stars national football league, Al Janoub Stadium was the first new stadium commissioned for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar.

Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA) together with Aecom began designing the stadium along with its new precinct for the city in March 2013. As one of the venues of the 2022 World Cup, the stadium will host the group and quarter-final matches of the tournament.
The stadium is located in the city of Al Wakrah that is 23km south of Doha and connected to the capital via the Red Line of new Doha Metro system.

The client?s brief was for a 40,000-seat football stadium for the 2022 World Cup which could be reduced to a 20,000-seat capacity in its legacy mode following the tournament. 20,000 seats is the optimum capacity for legacy use as the home ground to Al Wakrah Sport Club professional football team of the Qatar Stars national league.

These temporary seats have been designed to be demountable and transportable to a developing country in need of sporting infrastructure ...