December 4 – Whereas Membership World Cup focus has been on FIFA’s draw this week for the 2025 group levels, Qatari organisers have been methodically getting ready for the internet hosting of the ultimate levels of FIFA’s outdated model of the Membership World Cup, renamed because the Intercontinental Cup that kicks off December 11.
Timed with the December 3 Worldwide Day of Individuals with Disabilities, the Qatar 2024™ Native Organising Committee (LOC) has confirmed a number of accessibility options for the event to make sure a barrier-free person expertise for disabled followers.
The 2 internet hosting stadiums – 974 and Lusail – are geared up with accessible entrances and seating for wheelchair customers and followers with restricted mobility. The Doha Metro community additionally provides wheelchair entry.
Lusail Stadium will function sensory rooms for followers with sensory entry necessities, together with followers with autism. These areas enable followers to look at matches in a quieter space, geared up with assistive know-how and managed by skilled workers.
Audio descriptive commentary companies for blind and partially sighted followers may even be obtainable.
Rashid Al Khater, Govt Director of Operations of the Intercontinental Cup Qatar 2024 LOC, mentioned: “Qatar has been a pioneer in its accessibility initiatives, utilizing the internet hosting of main occasions as a platform to improve its nationwide infrastructure, transportation and mass gathering venues to make sure they supply barrier-free experiences to followers of all skills. The FIFA Intercontinental Cup might be totally accessible, and we look ahead to welcoming all native and worldwide followers to the occasion in what might be a memorable expertise.”
The event has three video games left to play. The primary might be between Concacaf qualifiers Pachuca from Mexico, and the 2024 winners of Conmebol’s Copa Libertadores Botafogo on December 11. The match is being dubbed the FIFA Derby of the Americas.
The winner will play Egypt’s Al Ahly in what FIFA is asking the FIFA Challenger Cup Qatar 2024, on December 14. The winner of that match will progress to the Intercontinental Cup last in opposition to UEFA and Spain’s Actual Madrid (2023 Champions League winners).
Stadium 974 will host the primary two matches, earlier than the ultimate match on the iconic Lusail Stadium – marking the two-year anniversary of the World Cup Qatar 2022 last.
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