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Qatar's Eight World Cup Stadiums Are Fully Air Conditioned

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Updated 16:27 2 Apr 2022 GMT+1Published 16:25 2 Apr 2022 GMT+1

Qatar's Eight World Cup Stadiums Are Fully Air Conditioned

Qatar's World Cup stadiums are fully air conditioned to deal with high temperatures.

Josh Lawless

Josh Lawless

All of Qatar's eight World Cup stadiums have fully-functional air conditioning for the showpiece.

For the first time ever, the World Cup will take place in the winter because of the red hot climate in the Middle Eastern country.

In June and July, the typical period for the tournament, average temperatures in Qatar are an insane 42 degrees celsius - hence the festival of football being moved to November and December.

But even then temperatures are 24 degrees celsius and so Qatar have had to introduce measures to further cool their stadia for players and fans.

They have installed air-conditioning in every stadium, pumping in cool air courtesy of grills in the stands and nozzles on the pitch.

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The cooling technology, which involves the use of solar energy, was developed with the assistance of Qatar university.


But it was Dr Saud Abdulaziz Abdul Ghani, Professor at the College of Engineering at the university and aptly nicknamed 'Dr Cool', who led the whole thing.

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 "We are not just cooling the air, we're cleaning it," he explained in an interview with FIFA.com.

"We're purifying the air for spectators. For example, people who have allergies won't have problems inside our stadiums as we have the cleanest and purest air in there is.

"Pre-cooled air comes in through grills built into the stands and large nozzles alongside the pitch. Using the air circulation technique, cooled air is then drawn back, re-cooled, filtered and pushed out where it is needed.

"The most important thing to cool effectively is that you don't want the outside wind to enter the stadium. That's why the size and design of the stadium have to be studied and altered accordingly so that they block warm air from entering the stadium."


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The draw for the tournament was made on Friday, with Senegal playing the Netherlands at Al Thumama Stadium on November 21 in the curtain-raiser.

England are also in action on the opening day for the first time since 1966, taking on Iran at the Khalifa International Stadium.

Featured Image Credit: Image: Naija PR

Topics: Qatar, Football World Cup

Josh Lawless
Josh Lawless

Josh is a sports journalist who specialises in football and WWE. He has been published by Curzon Ashton FC, Late Tackle, Manchester City FC, The Mirror, Read Man City and Manchester Evening News. He provides coverage of professional wrestling and has covered two WrestleMania events for SPORTbible.

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