State-of-the-art Training Facilities Await Teams during this Year’s FIFA World Cup

Doha, March 31 (QNA) - The Supreme Committee for Delivery and Legacy said that the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 training pitches were ready, saying they will be modern, state-of-the-art facilities built or upgraded specifically for the tournament. Training Sites Project Manager at the SC Ali Al Dosari said that since winning the rights to host the World Cup in 2010, Qatar’s organizing committee has identified and selected 40 suitable Team Base Camps for competing nations and match officials. Many of the facilities have been used already during recent tournaments, including the FIFA Club World Cup and FIFA Arab Cup. "Our training facilities are located across the country," he said Ali before adding that "the longest journey between a training site and hotel will take about 20 minutes by bus." Over recent years, thanks to Qatar hosting a number of major football tournaments, Al Dosari and his team have received valuable feedback from major club sides like English Premier League team Liverpool and Bundesliga outfit Bayern Munich. And this month, 2018 FIFA World Cup finalists Croatia spent time at the Al Ersal training facility ahead of friendly matches in Doha against Slovenia and Bulgaria. Croatia’s head coach, Zlatko Dalic, was full of praise for the facilities in Qatar. "I’m very happy because there are very nice conditions for training and relaxing here," he said before adding that "our goal before the World Cup was to see everything in Qatar, and to adapt to the training and playing conditions here. I expect it will be even better in November for the World Cup." Thanks to the country’s compact nature, teams will stay and train in one location throughout the event meaning more time for rest and preparation, and minimal travel times on match days. Each training site has been developed to include floodlit, natural grass pitches with the turf grown at the SCs Tree & Turf Nursery in Qatar. Each site also includes stands for media training sessions, dressing rooms, medical facilities, recovery facilities, a media center, and IT and communications networks. (QNA)