World Cup 2022 Qualifiers Away Locations
Nov 19, 2020 11:00:42 GMT
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Post by superunknown on Nov 19, 2020 11:00:42 GMT
Bore da, thought I'd do my usual away locations update now we know all the pots and I'm excited after last nights performance. Obviously, who knows when or if we'll be able to go to games again, let alone foreign away games but I thought I'd do the list anyway just in case we do end up being allowed to go, gotta have something to look forward to, right?
Anyway here's the list, we're in Pot 2. If you see any mistakes do let me know and I'll update. Who's your dream group for qualifying and dream group just for the trips?
Pot 1
Belgium - King Badouin Stadium, Brussels (50,093). Generally all games are played here except a few recently that were played at the 10,000 seater in Leuven but I suspect this was largely due to Covid restictions.
France - Stade de France, Paris (80,698) - All games.
England - Wembley Stadium, London (90,000) - All games.
Portugal - Multiple locations. Over the past few campaigns they've played at Estadio da Luz, Lisbon (64,642); Estadio Jose Alvalade, Lisbon (50,095); Estadio Algarve, Faro (30,305) and Estadio do Dragao, Porto (50,033). Generally the bigger games seemed to be played in Lisbon at the Estadio da Luz.
Spain - Multiple Locations. Spain really do play all over the country but over the last two campaigns they've played in Mestalla, Valencia (48,600); Santiago Bernabeu, Madrid (81,044); El Molinon, Gijon (30,000); Wanda Metropolitano Stadium, Madrid (68,456) and La Cartuja, Sevilla (60,000).
Italy - Multiple Locations, again Italy play all over. Locations include Stadio Friuli, Udine (25,144); Stadio Ennio Tardini, Parma (22,352); Juventus Stadium, Turin (41,507) and Stadio Olimpico, Rome (70,634). Generally I think we'd get one of the bigger stadiums as they tend to play the Pot 2/3 level teams in Turin and Rome.
Croatia - As we know this one can be frustrating. They tend to play the majority of games at Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb (35,123). However, they have also played games in (as we know) Stadion Gradski Vrt, Osijek (17,061); Stadion Poljud, Split (34,198) and Stadion Rujevica, Rijeka (8,279).
Denmark - Another we've been stung by recently, However, Denmark have tended to play all their games at the Parken Stadium, Copenhagen (38,065) recently.
Germany - Multiple locations. Volksparkstadion, Hamburg (51,500); Opel Arena, Mainz (27,000); Borussia Park, Monchengladbach (46,249); Waldstadion, Frankfurt (48,500); Others including Stuttgart, Leipzig, Koln. It's a lottery.
Netherlands - Either Johan Cruyff Arena, Amsterdam (55,000) or De Kuip, Rotterdam (51,117).
Pot 3
Russia - Multiple locations. Mordovia Arena, Saransk (44,442); Nizhny Novgorod Stadium, Nizhny Novgorod (43,319); Kaliningrad Stadium, Kaliningrad (35,212); Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow (81,000); Krestovsky Stadium, Saint Petersburg (67,800); VTB Arena, Moscow for NL games (26,319). Worth noting that Scotland played them in Moscow and Belgium in St Petersburg.
Hungary - Puskas Arena, Budapest (67,215) - All games. This is the brand new stadium in Budapest and was only finished at the end of last year so we just missed out.
Republic of Ireland - Aviva Stadium, Dublin (51,700) - All games.
Czechia - Multiple locations. Stadion Letna, Prague (19,416); Andruv Stadion, Olomouc (12,566); Sinobo Stadium, Prague (19,370); Doosan Arena, Plzen (11,700). Worth noting England played them at the Sinobo Stadium in Prague and Scotland in Olomouc.
Norway - Ullevaal Stadium, Oslo (28,000) - All games.
Northern Ireland - Windsor Park, Belfast (18,434) - All games.
Iceland - Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík (9,800) - All games.
Scotland - Hampden Park, Glasgow (51,866) - All games.
Greece - Olympic Stadium, Athens (69,618) - All games.
Finland - Olympic Stadium, Helsinki (36,000) - All games. This has recently opened, while it was being renovated they were playing in either Tampere or Turku but I suspect all games will be played in Helsinki from now on.
Pot 4
Bosnia-Herzegovina - Majority of games played at Bilino Polje, Zenica (15,292). A couple have also been played at Stadion Grbavica, Sarajevo (13,146).
Slovenia - Stozice Stadium, Ljubljana (16,038) - All games.
Montenegro - City Stadium, Podgorica (15,230) - All games.
North Macedonia - Tose Proeski Arena, Skopje (33,460) - All games.
Albania - Arena Kombetare, Tirana (22,500) - All games. This has recently opened. Would have been nice for those of us who had to trek it to Elbasan instead in 2018.
Bulgaria - Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia (44,000) - All games.
Israel - Most games played at either Haifa (30,780) or Jerusalem (32,000). Two games including Scotland in the NL played at Netanya (13,610).
Belarus - All games played at either Dinamo Stadium, Minsk (22,246) or Boruisov Arena, Barysaw (13,126).
Georgia - Boris Paichadze Dinamo Arena, Tbilisi (54,549) - All games.
Luxembourg - Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg City (8,125) - All games.
Pot 5
Armenia - Republican Stadium, Yerevan (14,403) - All games. Some games have had to be played outside of Armenia recently due to the conflict with Azerbaijan.
Cyprus - GSP Stadium, Nicosia (22,859) - All games.
Faroe Islands - Torsvollur, Torshavn (6,000) - All games.
Azerbaijan - All games played in Baku at two different stadiums, Olympic Stadium (69,700) or Bakcell Arena (11,000). As with Armenia, some games have had to be played outside of Azerbaijan recently.
Estonia - A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn (14,405) - All games.
Kazakhstan - Mainly played at the Central Stadium, Almaty (23,804) or Astana Arena, Astana (Nur-Sultan it's now called) (30,244).
Kosovo - Fadil Vokrri Stadium, Pristina (13,500) - All games.
Lithuania - LFF Stadium, Vilnius (5,067) - All games.
Latvia - Daugava Stadium, Riga (10,461) - All games.
Andorra - Estadi Nacional, Andorra la Vella (3,306) - All games.
Pot 6
Malta - National Stadium, Ta' Qali (16,997) - All games.
Moldova - Zimbru Stadium, Chisinau (10,400) - All games.
Liechtenstein - Rheinpark Stadion, Vaduz (7,584) - All games.
Gibraltar - Victoria Stadium (5,000) - All games.
San Marino - San Marino Stadium, Serravalle (6,664) - All games.
Anyway here's the list, we're in Pot 2. If you see any mistakes do let me know and I'll update. Who's your dream group for qualifying and dream group just for the trips?
Pot 1
Belgium - King Badouin Stadium, Brussels (50,093). Generally all games are played here except a few recently that were played at the 10,000 seater in Leuven but I suspect this was largely due to Covid restictions.
France - Stade de France, Paris (80,698) - All games.
England - Wembley Stadium, London (90,000) - All games.
Portugal - Multiple locations. Over the past few campaigns they've played at Estadio da Luz, Lisbon (64,642); Estadio Jose Alvalade, Lisbon (50,095); Estadio Algarve, Faro (30,305) and Estadio do Dragao, Porto (50,033). Generally the bigger games seemed to be played in Lisbon at the Estadio da Luz.
Spain - Multiple Locations. Spain really do play all over the country but over the last two campaigns they've played in Mestalla, Valencia (48,600); Santiago Bernabeu, Madrid (81,044); El Molinon, Gijon (30,000); Wanda Metropolitano Stadium, Madrid (68,456) and La Cartuja, Sevilla (60,000).
Italy - Multiple Locations, again Italy play all over. Locations include Stadio Friuli, Udine (25,144); Stadio Ennio Tardini, Parma (22,352); Juventus Stadium, Turin (41,507) and Stadio Olimpico, Rome (70,634). Generally I think we'd get one of the bigger stadiums as they tend to play the Pot 2/3 level teams in Turin and Rome.
Croatia - As we know this one can be frustrating. They tend to play the majority of games at Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb (35,123). However, they have also played games in (as we know) Stadion Gradski Vrt, Osijek (17,061); Stadion Poljud, Split (34,198) and Stadion Rujevica, Rijeka (8,279).
Denmark - Another we've been stung by recently, However, Denmark have tended to play all their games at the Parken Stadium, Copenhagen (38,065) recently.
Germany - Multiple locations. Volksparkstadion, Hamburg (51,500); Opel Arena, Mainz (27,000); Borussia Park, Monchengladbach (46,249); Waldstadion, Frankfurt (48,500); Others including Stuttgart, Leipzig, Koln. It's a lottery.
Netherlands - Either Johan Cruyff Arena, Amsterdam (55,000) or De Kuip, Rotterdam (51,117).
Pot 3
Russia - Multiple locations. Mordovia Arena, Saransk (44,442); Nizhny Novgorod Stadium, Nizhny Novgorod (43,319); Kaliningrad Stadium, Kaliningrad (35,212); Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow (81,000); Krestovsky Stadium, Saint Petersburg (67,800); VTB Arena, Moscow for NL games (26,319). Worth noting that Scotland played them in Moscow and Belgium in St Petersburg.
Hungary - Puskas Arena, Budapest (67,215) - All games. This is the brand new stadium in Budapest and was only finished at the end of last year so we just missed out.
Republic of Ireland - Aviva Stadium, Dublin (51,700) - All games.
Czechia - Multiple locations. Stadion Letna, Prague (19,416); Andruv Stadion, Olomouc (12,566); Sinobo Stadium, Prague (19,370); Doosan Arena, Plzen (11,700). Worth noting England played them at the Sinobo Stadium in Prague and Scotland in Olomouc.
Norway - Ullevaal Stadium, Oslo (28,000) - All games.
Northern Ireland - Windsor Park, Belfast (18,434) - All games.
Iceland - Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík (9,800) - All games.
Scotland - Hampden Park, Glasgow (51,866) - All games.
Greece - Olympic Stadium, Athens (69,618) - All games.
Finland - Olympic Stadium, Helsinki (36,000) - All games. This has recently opened, while it was being renovated they were playing in either Tampere or Turku but I suspect all games will be played in Helsinki from now on.
Pot 4
Bosnia-Herzegovina - Majority of games played at Bilino Polje, Zenica (15,292). A couple have also been played at Stadion Grbavica, Sarajevo (13,146).
Slovenia - Stozice Stadium, Ljubljana (16,038) - All games.
Montenegro - City Stadium, Podgorica (15,230) - All games.
North Macedonia - Tose Proeski Arena, Skopje (33,460) - All games.
Albania - Arena Kombetare, Tirana (22,500) - All games. This has recently opened. Would have been nice for those of us who had to trek it to Elbasan instead in 2018.
Bulgaria - Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia (44,000) - All games.
Israel - Most games played at either Haifa (30,780) or Jerusalem (32,000). Two games including Scotland in the NL played at Netanya (13,610).
Belarus - All games played at either Dinamo Stadium, Minsk (22,246) or Boruisov Arena, Barysaw (13,126).
Georgia - Boris Paichadze Dinamo Arena, Tbilisi (54,549) - All games.
Luxembourg - Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg City (8,125) - All games.
Pot 5
Armenia - Republican Stadium, Yerevan (14,403) - All games. Some games have had to be played outside of Armenia recently due to the conflict with Azerbaijan.
Cyprus - GSP Stadium, Nicosia (22,859) - All games.
Faroe Islands - Torsvollur, Torshavn (6,000) - All games.
Azerbaijan - All games played in Baku at two different stadiums, Olympic Stadium (69,700) or Bakcell Arena (11,000). As with Armenia, some games have had to be played outside of Azerbaijan recently.
Estonia - A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn (14,405) - All games.
Kazakhstan - Mainly played at the Central Stadium, Almaty (23,804) or Astana Arena, Astana (Nur-Sultan it's now called) (30,244).
Kosovo - Fadil Vokrri Stadium, Pristina (13,500) - All games.
Lithuania - LFF Stadium, Vilnius (5,067) - All games.
Latvia - Daugava Stadium, Riga (10,461) - All games.
Andorra - Estadi Nacional, Andorra la Vella (3,306) - All games.
Pot 6
Malta - National Stadium, Ta' Qali (16,997) - All games.
Moldova - Zimbru Stadium, Chisinau (10,400) - All games.
Liechtenstein - Rheinpark Stadion, Vaduz (7,584) - All games.
Gibraltar - Victoria Stadium (5,000) - All games.
San Marino - San Marino Stadium, Serravalle (6,664) - All games.
