DOHA: The Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy (SC) launched the new, state-of-the-art training facilities for Al Rayyan Sports Club last night at a ceremony attended by players, coaching staff, club management and senior officials from the SC.

The new training pitches are located at one of the zones adjacent to Al Rayyan Precinct alongside the Al Rayyan Stadium, a venue that will host games up to the quarter-finals at the 2022 FIFA World Cup™ and which will be the eventual home of Al Rayyan Sports Club.

The training pitches will be used for the upcoming season of Qatar Stars League (QSL) and were completed as part of the early works package in order for the club to continue with their operations until the stadium is completed in 2019.

Last month, the SC announced that Qatari contractor Al Balagh Trading & Contracting and India’s biggest construction firm, Larsen & Toubro Limited (L&T), had been appointed as the main contractors to build the 40,000 seater Al Rayyan Stadium.

The SC recently announced that eight floodlights from the deconstructed former Al Rayyan Stadium have found new use at the club’s newly-constructed training sites. The successful deconstruction of the old Al Rayyan Stadium and its surrounding site was completed in February 2015, with at least 90% of existing materials at Ahmed Bin Ali Stadium reused and recycled. Projects like this demonstrate that environmental sustainability is at the heart of all SC projects.

Post tournament the stadium will accommodate 20,000 seats and will be the home for Al Rayyan Sports Club. All construction on infrastructure for the 2022 FIFA World Cup™ is slated to be completed by 2020, two years prior to the tournament beginning.