Stadium 974

Capacity: 40,000 seats | Opening: 2021 | Club: none

MATCHES

Group C: M7 – Mexico vs Poland (Wednesday, Nov 23 @ 12.01am); M39 – Poland vs Argentina (Thursday, Dec 1 @ 3am)

Group H: M15 – Portugal vs Ghana (Friday, Nov 25 @ 12.01am)

Group D: M23 – France vs Denmark (Sunday, Nov 27 @ 12.01am)

Group G: M13 – Brazil vs Switzerland (Thursday, Nov 29 @ 12.01am); M47 – Serbia vs Switzerland (Saturday, Dec 3 @ 3am)

Round of 16: M54 – Group G1 vs Group H2 (Tuesday, Dec 5 @ 3am)

• Was earlier known as Ras Abu Aboud Stadium, is one of the newly built playing venues of the 2022 World Cup.

• Construction of the stadium started in 2018 and was completed three years later. The stadium officially opened on Nov 30, 2021.

• The stadium is made of modular building blocks including shipping containers. After the World Cup, it will be entirely dismantled and repurposed.

• During the World Cup, Stadium 974 will host 5 first round group matches and of round of 16 match.

• It received its name from the fact that 974 is the international calling code of Qatar and as well as that 974 shipping containers were used in the design.