Romain Rouillard 06:00, November 16, 2022
As the 2022 World Cup in Qatar opens in a few days, Europe 1 invites you to discover in pictures the eight stadiums which will host the 64 matches of the competition.
Seven of them were built especially for the occasion, in sometimes inhuman conditions for the mobilized workers.
They are (almost) all brand new.
The eight stadiums that will host the World Cup in Qatar in the next few days are true jewels of modernity and will be worthy of the highest European standards.
But they are also very controversial since their construction directly cost the lives of several thousand workers, according to the British newspaper
The Guardian
, who succumbed to unbearable working conditions.
The enclosures will also be equipped with air conditioning, an incongruity at the time of the fight against climate change.
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Three stadiums in Doha
Three of them are located in the capital, Doha.
Two others in the city of Al-Rayyan and only one in Al-Wakrah, and Al-Khor where the opening match between Qatar and Ecuador will take place.
The new town of Lusail, where we find the Formula 1 Grand Prix circuit, will host the final thanks to its huge 80,000-seat stadium.
All these boxes are mostly removable.
Thanks to the small size of the country, whose size hardly exceeds that of Île-de-France, it will be quite possible for the spectators present on site to attend several matches during the same day. .
The maximum distance between two speakers does not exceed 50 kilometers.