Stadium Tours: Two venues ready for 2019 FIFA Club World Cup at Qatar

The 2019 FIFA Club World Cup will be the 16th edition of the FIFA Club World Cup, a FIFA-organised international club football tournament between the winners of the six continental confederations, as well as the host nation's league champions. 

The tournament will be hosted by Qatar between 11 and 21 December 2019, taking place at three venues in Doha.

FIFA announced the three venues for the tournament, along with the match schedule, on 30 September 2019. 

All three stadiums are located in Doha, with the Jassim bin Hamad Stadium and the Khalifa International Stadium having hosted matches at the 2011 AFC Asian Cup, including the final for the latter. 

The newly built Education City Stadium, which was selected to host the final match, is also a host venue for the 2022 FIFA World Cup, as is the Khalifa International Stadium.

On 7 December 2019, FIFA moved all three matches that were due to be played at the Education City Stadium to Khalifa International Stadium after the opening of the Education City Stadium was postponed to early 2020.

Khalifa International Stadium

Khalifa International Stadium, also known as National Stadium, is a multi-purpose stadium in Doha, Qatar, as part of the Doha Sports City complex.

It is named after Khalifa bin Hamad Al Thani, Qatar's former Emir. The final of 2011 AFC Asian Cup was held at this stadium. The stadium is also the first completed venue that will host a part of the 2022 FIFA World Cup.

In 2017, it received a four-star rating from the Global Sustainability Assessment System (GSAS), the first in the world to be awarded this rating.

The stadium opened in 1976. It was renovated and expanded in 2005, before the 2006 Asian Games, to increase its capacity from 20,000 to 40,000 seats. 

A roof covers the western side of the stadium. The eastern side has a large arch, which was used as a platform to launch fireworks from during the 2006 Asian Games opening ceremony.

Before the 2005 renovation, the stadium was used mostly for association football matches, but it is equipped for many other sports. 

Since 1997, the stadium has hosted the annual Doha Diamond League track and field competition. It is the Qatar national football team's home stadium. The stadium hosted the 2011 Pan Arab Games.

After another redevelopment, the stadium reopened in May 2017. The stadium was the site of the 2019 World Athletics Championships in September and October of that year.

On 17 December 2019, the stadium is scheduled as the venue of two 2019 FIFA Club World Cup matches: the fifth-place match and the semi-final between the CONMEBOL Libertadores champions and the winner of Match 3.

Jassim bin Hamad Stadium

The Jassim bin Hamad Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Doha, Qatar. It is currently used mostly for football matches and it also has facilities for athletics. 

The football team Al-Sadd plays there. The stadium, originally built in 1974, was rebuilt in 2004 for the Gulf Cup and currently has a capacity of 15,000 people. 

The stadium is also used as the home stadium of the Qatar national football team. The stadium was named after the former president of the club Jassim bin Hamad bin Jaber Al-Thani.