lusail is the newest planned city in Qatar, located on the coast, in the northern part of the municipality of Al Daayen. Lusail is located about 23 km north of the city centre of Doha, just north of the West Bay Lagoon, on over 35 km and will eventually have a population of up to 260,000 people. It is planned to have marinas, residential areas, island resorts, commercial districts, luxury shopping and leisure facilities, and a golf course community, man made islands and several entertainment districts. Construction is still ongoing. It is being developed by the state-controlled developer Qatari Diar Real Estate Investment Company as well as Parsons Corporation.

The planned Lusail Iconic Stadium, with a capacity of 80,000+ people, will host the opening and final matches of the 2022 FIFA World Cup. The stadium's design is inspired from the sail of a traditional dhow as the city will be located north of Doha on the eastern coast, which is a historic focal point of pearling vessels. After the FIFA World Cup, the stadium will be used to host other sporting and cultural events. Lusail Sports Arena hosted matches of the 2022 World Men's Handball Championship.

 
About Qatar

Qatar or Katar is a small emirate of the Middle East with an area of 11,586 km. Qatar is located on a small peninsula extending into the Persian Gulf and connected to the Arabian Peninsula to the south, where it has a land border with Saudi Arabia. Its capital is Doha, or Ad-Dawha. The official language is Arabic, and the currency the Qatari riyal.

 Qatar is the fourth largest natural gas producer in the world after the United States, Russia and Iran; it has become the leading exporter of liquefied natural gas. The country is also an oil producer, but of average size, member of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC). He has been an associate member of the International Organization of the Francophonie (OIF) since 13 October 2012 without having been an observer.

 Qatar and its neighbors

experts in international relations believe that the current crisis between Qatar and its neighbors could be detrimental to the organization of the 2022 World Cup. QSI and PSG should be spared.

 The diplomatic isolation of Qatar by the Gulf countries could have "a real impact" on the organization of the Mondial-2022, while its sports investments, the base of its "soft power", mainly located in France, should not be affected, according to experts interviewed by AFP.

already weakened by the investigations of the Swiss and American justices on suspicions of corruption of Fifa for the attribution of the World Cup, in 2010, and the working conditions of the foreign workers on the pharaonic sites of the Mondial regularly criticized by human rights organizations, sees from now on one of its strengths questioned

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