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All you need to know about the stadiums for the Qatar 2022 World Cup

ByReuters

Updated 11/08/2015 at 14:03 GMT

Qatar hopes to decide how many stadiums it will use in hosting the 2022 World Cup by the end of this year, a spokesman for the organizing committee has confirmed.

Khalifa International Stadium - Qatar 2022

Image credit: Eurosport

Here are the details for the five stadiums the organisers have announced so far, in the order they were unveiled:
AL WAKRAH STADIUM
Tournament capacity: 40,000
Location: Al Wakrah
Matches up to and including: Quarter-finals
Announced: November 2013
Construction start date: Third quarter (Q3) 2015
Estimated completion: Q1 2018
Project Management Consultant: KEO International Consultants
Main Construction Contractor: To be decided
Designer and Engineering Consultants: AECOM is design consultant, designed stadium in conjunction with Zaha Hadid Architects
AL BAYT STADIUM - AL KHOR CITY
Tournament capacity: 60,000
Location: Al Khor Municipality
Matches up to and including: Semi-finals
Announced: June 2014
Construction start date: Q4 2015
Estimated completion: Q3 2018
Project Management Consultant: Projacs
Main Construction Contractor: Joint venture of Galfar Al Misnad, Salini Impregilo Group and Cimolai.
Designer and Engineering Consultants: Dar Al-Handasah
KHALIFA INTERNATIONAL STADIUM
Tournament capacity: 40,000
Location: Al Rayyan municipality
Matches up to and including: Quarter-finals
Announced: November 2014
Construction start date: Q2 2014
Estimated completion: Q2 2017
Project Management Consultant: Projacs
Main Construction Contractor: Joint venture between Midmac Contracting and Six Construct
Designer and Engineering Consultants: Dar Al-Handasah
QATAR FOUNDATION STADIUM
Tournament capacity: 40,000
Location: Education City, Al Rayyan Municipality
Matches up to and including: Quarter-finals
Announced: December 2014
Construction Start Date: Q2 2013
Estimated Completion: Q3 2019
Project Management Consultant: ASTAD Project Management
Main Construction Contractor: To be decided
Designer and Engineering Consultants: FIA Fenwick Iribarren Architects
AL RAYYAN STADIUM
Tournament capacity: 40,000
Location: Al Rayyan Municipality
Matches up to and including: Quarter-finals
Announced: April 2015
Construction start date: Q1 2016
Estimated completion: Q1 2019
Project Management Consultant: AECOM
Main Construction Contractor: To be decided
Designer and Engineering Consultants: Ramboll and Pattern
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