Qatar is facing technical challenges ahead of hosting the 2022 FIFA World Cup, which will be hosted by an Arab country for the first time and is expected to draw millions of people, according to a report published by Reuters.

The agency has prepared a report on the problems in Qatar’s experience with the stadium hosting World Cup matches related to organization, procedures for entering and leaving the stadium, high temperatures and others.

These issues arose during the Lusail Super Cup match between Al Hilal and Zamalek, which was played at the new Lusail Stadium, the largest of Qatar’s eight World Cup stadiums, and is set to host the final match on 18 December when About 78,000 people left the stadium after the match. The stadium is almost full to check the preparations of the small Gulf country for the tournament, which starts on November 20th.

The most notable of these problems was that the stadium ran out of water by half time and there was none outside as the temperature reached 34 degrees Celsius, but the temperature felt much stronger due to the humidity.

A vendor told Reuters that some vendors, caterers, security personnel and medical staff had difficulty entering the stadium.

The stadium’s cooling system, which Qatar called the most advanced, was also not as powerful as needed to cool the stands. But it is encouraging that by the start of the tournament, the humidity and temperature levels will be lower, but there will be other problems.

The report also refers to the suffering of fans when entering the stadium, as they had to walk approximately 3 km from the parking lot and wait over an hour before entering to check tickets and go through security.

When asked about these initial issues, a spokesman for the Supreme Committee on Delivery and Legacy told Reuters the goal of the match was to expose operational issues and learn lessons for a “smooth” tournament.

Notably, the Qatari authorities will limit the number of cars on the roads, ordering schools to close their doors during the tournament, banning vehicles from large sections of the city and urging companies to force their employees to work from home.

Behavior / Donia Haddad