Grand Hamad Stadium

The Grand Hamad Stadium (Arabic: استاد حمد الكبير), also known as the Al-Arabi Sports Club Stadium, is a multi-purpose stadium in Doha, Qatar. The stadium holds 13,000 people, and is currently used mostly for football matches, as it is Al-Arabi SC's home ground. The stadium was used extensively during the 2006 Asian Games, and was a venue for several different sports, including football, table tennis, rugby sevens, and fencing. The Iraq national football team played their 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) matches at the stadium, as did the Yemen national football team in their 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) matches.^[1] The architect was Michael KC Cheah.

FIFA World Cup qualification matches[]

FIFA World Cup qualification matches that were held in the stadium:

Date	Team #1	Res.	Team #2	Round
25 March 2001	Malaysia	4-3	Palestine	Group 3
11 November 2011	Iraq	1-0	China PR	Group 1
29 February 2012	Iraq	7-1	Singapore	Group 1
12 June 2012	Iraq	1-1	Oman	Group B
16 October 2012	Iraq	1-2	Australia	Group B
14 November 2012	Iraq	1-0	Jordan	Group B
11 June 2013	Iraq	0-1	Japan	Group B
12 March 2015	Yemen	3-1	Pakistan	First Round
8 September 2015	Yemen	0-4	Bahrain	Group H
17 November 2015	Yemen	1-3	Uzbekistan	Group H

Friendly (national Team) Matches that were held in the stadium.

Date	Team #1	Res.	Team #2
6 November 2011	Iraq	1-0	Lebanon
29 May 2013	Oman	1-1	Lebanon
25 March 2014	Yemen	2-0	Nepal
11 April 2014	Philippines	3-0	Nepal
30 October 2014	Philippines	3-0	Nepal
16 December 2018	Palestine	2-0	Pakistan
31 December 2018	Vietnam	4-2	Philippines

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