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The 13th edition of Stadium of the Year, the largest and longest-running open poll dedicated to sports architecture, is already behind us. Our aim was to select the best stadium to open in 2022.

At midnight [CET], on March 14, 2023, we closed the voting platform. A total of 24,524 valid votes were cast, thank you for your participation.

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Complete results:

Place	Photo	Data
1 69,797 pts	pts	OPAP Arena Athens Greece team: AEK FC capacity: 32,500 construction time: 07/2017 – 09/2022 cost: $ 78 M design: AK & Associate Architects
2 23,201 pts	pts	Stadion Miejski im. Floriana Krygiera Szczecin Poland team: Pogoń Szczecin capacity: 21,163 construction time: 11/04/2019 – 09/2022 cost: $ 81.4 M design: PPIP / Dedeco
3 20,127 pts	pts	Stadion Miejski im. Władysława Króla Łódź Poland team: ŁKS Łódź capacity: 18,029 construction time: 12/2013 – 04/2022 cost: $ 52 M design: Perbo-Inwestycje sp. z o.o. sp.k., DiG Sowińscy
4 18,279 pts	pts	Lusail Stadium Lusail Qatar team: – capacity: 88,966 construction time: 11/04/2017 – 2021 cost: $767 M design: Foster + Partners (concept design), AFL Architects
5 18,257 pts	pts	Allianz Stadium Sydney Australia team: Sydney Roosters RLC, New South Wales Waratahs, Sydney FC capacity: 42,500 construction time: 2019–2022 cost: $578 M design: Cox Architecture
6 17,606 pts	pts	Alphamega Stadium Limassol Cyprus team: AEL Limassol, Apollon Limassol, Aris Limassol capacity: 10,300 construction time: 2019–2022 cost: $ 32.5 M design: Kontaridis Architects-Engineers
7 17,301 pts	pts	Jakarta International Stadium Jakarta Indonesia team: MC Oran capacity: 82,000 construction time: 09/2019 – 04/2022 cost: $300 M design: PDW Architects
8 15,386 pts	pts	Stade du Sénégal Diamniadio Senegal team: – capacity: 50,000 construction time: 20/02/2020 – 02/2022 cost: $ 269.7 M design: Tabanlıoğlu Mimarlık
9 13,471 pts	pts	Chengdu Fenghuangshan Football Stadium Chengdu China team: Chengdu Rongcheng FC capacity: 60,000 construction time: 22/02/2019 – 31/03/2021 cost: $1.008 B design: HKS (Haoke) International Architectural Design Company, China State Construction Southwest Institute Co.
10 12,006 pts	pts	Stadionul Rapid-Giulești Bucharest Romania team: FC Rapid Bucureşti capacity: 14,047 construction time: 2019–2022 cost: $ 41.2 M design: Construcţii Erbaşu SA, Popp & Asociaţii SRL
11 11,691 pts	pts	Al-Minaa Olympic Stadium Basrah Iraq team: Al-Minaa SC capacity: 30,000 construction time: 2011–2022 cost: $ 86 M design: 360 Architecture
12 9,432 pts	pts	Stadionul Municipal Sibiu Sibiu Romania team: FC Hermannstadt capacity: 13,013 construction time: 2020–2022 cost: $ 47 M design: ?
13 9,133 pts	pts	Lanzhou Olympic Sports Center Stadium Lanzhou China team: – capacity: 60,000 construction time: 2019–2022 cost: ? design: ?
14 7,929 pts	pts	Al-Zawraa Stadium Baghdad Iraq team: Al-Zawraa SC capacity: 15,443 construction time: 2012–2022 cost: $41 M design: ?
15 7,192 pts	pts	Arena Romeirão Mauro Sampaio Juazeiro do Norte Brazil team: Guarani de Juazeiro, ADRC Icasa capacity: 17,230 construction time: 2019–2022 cost: $ 18.8 M design: Umpraum Projetos Integrados
16 7,175 pts	pts	Yulin Sports Center Stadium Yulin China team: – capacity: 32,000 construction time: 2019–2022 cost: ? design: ?
17 6,634 pts	pts	Stade Abdelkrim Kerroum Sig Algeria team: – capacity: 20,000 construction time: 2013–2022 cost: $ 11.6 M design: Mezoughi & Etosa
18 6,623 pts	pts	CityPark St. Louis USA team: St. Louis City SC capacity: 22,500 construction time: 2020–2022 cost: $ 457.8 M design: HOK Architects, Snow Kreilich Architects
19 6,518 pts	pts	Snapdragon Stadium San Diego USA team: San Diego State Aztecs, San Diego Wave FC, San Diego Legion capacity: 35,000 construction time: 17/08/2020 – 19/08/2022 cost: $ 310 M design: Gensler
20 6,315 pts	pts	Stade de Yamoussoukro Yamoussoukro Ivory Coast team: – capacity: 20,000 construction time: 2018–2022 cost: $ 76.9 M design: SCAU architecture
21 6,306 pts	pts	Suez Canal Authority Stadium Ismailia Egypt team: – capacity: 21,000 construction time: 2019–2022 cost: $ 26 M design: ?
22 6,239 pts	pts	Banten International Stadium Kemanisan Indonesia team: – capacity: 30,038 construction time: 07/2020 – 05/2022 cost: $60 M design: ?
23 6,228 pts	pts	Workers’ Stadium Beijing China team: Beijing Guoan FC capacity: 68,000 construction time: 08/2020 – 12/2022 cost: ? design: ?
24 5,568 pts	pts	Qingyuan Sports Center Stadium Qingyuan China team: – capacity: 30,000 construction time: 2019–2022 cost: ? design: Tongji University Architectural Design and Research Institute
25 5,130 pts	pts	Dariaus ir Girėno stadionas Kaunas Lithuania team: – capacity: 15,315 construction time: 2018–2022 cost: $ 41.8 M design: Kauno Planas
26 4,893 pts	pts	Yueyang Sports Center Stadium Yueyang China team: – capacity: 23,619 construction time: 2020–2022 cost: $ 47 M design: ?
27 4,626 pts	pts	GEODIS Park Nashville USA team: Nashville SC capacity: 30,000 construction time: 2020–2022 cost: $335 M design: Populous, HASTINGS Architecture
28 4,441 pts	pts	Xiaoshan Sports Center Stadium Hangzhou China team: – capacity: 10,118 construction time: 2019–2022 cost: ? design: ?
29 4,126 pts	pts	Estadio Villa Alegre Encarnación Paraguay team: – capacity: 16,000 construction time: 2016–2022 cost: $7.9 M design: ?
30 3,768 pts	pts	Wuyi New District Sports Center Stadium Nanping China team: – capacity: 25,000 construction time: 2018–2022 cost: ? design: ?
31 3,186 pts	pts	Erzincan 13 Şubat Şehir Stadyumu Erzincan Turkey team: 24 Erzincanspor capacity: 12,981 construction time: 2018–2022 cost: $ 7.6 M design: Alper Aksoy Architects
32 2,466 pts	pts	Leshan Olympic Center Stadium Leshan China team: – capacity: 30,000 construction time: 2019–2022 cost: ? design: ?
33 2,331 pts	pts	Taizhou Sports Park Stadium Taizhou China team: – capacity: 30,000 construction time: 2018–2022 cost: ? design: ?
34 1,893 pts	pts	Kuishan Sports Center Stadium Rizhao China team: – capacity: 36,000 construction time: 2019–2022 cost: $279 M design: Tengyuan Design
35 1,364 pts	pts	Danzhou Sports Center Stadium Danzhou China team: – capacity: 30,000 construction time: 2019–2022 cost: ? design: ?
36 1,222 pts	pts	International Football Center of Rizhao Rizhao China team: – capacity: 12,100 construction time: 2020–2022 cost: $59.7 M design: AFL Architects

Stadium of the Year Regulations

1. Voting schedule: Your votes will be accepted starting February 15, until midnight on March 14, 2023 (Central-European Time). The above form is the only means of voting, please do not send e-mails or private messages with votes, they will not be included. Each person is entitled to cast one vote, selecting your top 5 venues (giving them 5, 4, 3, 2 and 1 point, respectively).
2. Voting restrictions: Every user is welcome to share information or links regarding the competition, however voting may not be subject to commercial incentives (i.e. being rewarded for voting or subject to separate contests with prizes). Any such attempts will result in cancellation of all votes coming from identified sources. Similarily, individual voters attempting to give more than one vote will not be included in the voting process at all. Because of such precautions you may find that multiple votes from on WiFi network could not be cast.
3. Nomination process schedule: Jan 13 – Feb 2, 2023. (nomination period closed)
4. Submitting nominations: Every User of StadiumDB.com may submit a nomination. Unlike many competitions, ours is user-oriented, so we don’t require any fees, costly text messages, e-mail submissions, liking us on facebook, following on Twitter or on Instagram (we do appreciate it, though!).
5. Nomination requirements: To be eligible, a stadium has to meet several criteria. It has to hold at least 10,000 people and be opened in 2022. Usually this means having all sections opened to the public, but due to 2022's COVID-19 lockdowns we also allow venues opened without fans. Stadiums built from scratch are taken into consideration, as well as those that have undergone a thorough redevelopment. The competition is focused on football stadiums, which means we choose between venues that are capable of hosting a football (or soccer, if you prefer) game. They may still have running, cycling or speedway tracks around their pitch, or have pitches larger than football-specific ones (like cricket, hurling or AFL). However, football use has to be taken in mind.