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Place	Photo	Data
1 14,481 pts	pts	Stade Prince Moulay Abdellah Rabat Morocco team: Forces Armées Royales Rabat capacity: 68,700 construction time: 2023–2025 cost: ? design: Orange Atelier, Populous
2 10,453 pts	pts	Grand Stade de Tanger Tangier Morocco team: Ittihad de Tanger capacity: 75,600 construction time: 2023–2025 (reconstruction) cost: ? design: Cabinet d'Architecture Amaoui Anouar Gueriri
3 10,318 pts	pts	Claro Arena Santiago Chile team: CD Universidad Católica capacity: 20,249 construction time: 2022–2025 (reconstruction) cost: $52 M design: IDOM
4 8,252 pts	pts	Hill Dickinson Stadium Liverpool England team: Everton FC capacity: 52,769 construction time: 2021–2025 cost: $1.08 B design: MEIS architects, BDP Pattern
5 8,092 pts	pts	Stade Moulay El Hassan Rabat Morocco team: Fath Union Sport capacity: 22,000 construction time: 2024–2025 cost: ? design: ?
6 7,209 pts	pts	Arena Katowice Katowice Poland team: GKS Katowice SSA capacity: 15,048 construction time: 2021–2025 cost: $72.4 M design: RS Architekci
7 6,543 pts	pts	Stade Al Medina Rabat Morocco team: Union Touarga Sport capacity: 18,000 construction time: 2024–2025 cost: $162 M design: Amine Hjiaj, Pictogramme
8 5,970 pts	pts	Kai Tak Stadium Hong Kong Hong Kong team: – capacity: 50,000 construction time: 2019–2025 cost: $3.86 B (entire complex) design: Populous
9 4,954 pts	pts	Stade Olympique de Rabat Rabat Morocco team: – capacity: 21,000 construction time: 2024–2025 cost: ? design: ?
10 4,905 pts	pts	Estadio Luis "Pirata" Fuente Boca del Río Mexico team: – capacity: 22,500 construction time: 2022–2025 (reconstruction) cost: $87 M design: ?
11 3,470 pts	pts	Xi'an International Football Center Xi'an China team: – capacity: 60,000 construction time: 2020–2023 cost: ? design: Zaha Hadid Architects
12 3,012 pts	pts	Greater Bay Area Sports Center Stadium Guangzhou China team: – capacity: 60,000 construction time: 2023–2025 cost: $1.12 B (entire complex) design: Zaha Hadid Architects, GuangDong Architectural Design & Research Institute
13 2,321 pts	pts	Nacyjanalny Futbolny Stadion Minsk Belarus team: – capacity: 33,145 construction time: 2020–2025 cost: ? design: IPPR International Engineering Corporation
14 2,161 pts	pts	Stade Intwari Bujumbura Burundi team: – capacity: 22,000 construction time: 2022–2025 cost: ? design: ?
15 2,040 pts	pts	Benghazi International Stadium Benghazi Libya team: – capacity: 41,000 construction time: 2009–2025 (reconstruction) cost: ? design: ?
16 2,011 pts	pts	Lüliang New District Sports Center Stadium Lüliang China team: – capacity: 20,000 construction time: 2020–2025 cost: $157 M (entire complex) design: ?
17 1,776 pts	pts	Gəncə Stadionu Ganja Azerbaijan team: Kapaz PFK capacity: 15,343 construction time: 2024–2025 cost: $8.8 M design: ?
18 1,745 pts	pts	Hoima City Stadium Hoima Uganda team: – capacity: 20,000 construction time: 2024–2025 cost: ? design: ?
19 1,678 pts	pts	Thái Nguyên Stadium Thái Nguyên Vietnam team: – capacity: 22,000 construction time: 2022–2025 cost: $20.3 M design: DCCD
20 1,482 pts	pts	Stade Olympique Maréchal Idriss Déby Itno N'Djamena Chad team: – capacity: 30,000 construction time: 2019–2025 cost: $87 M design: Shanghai Architectural Design & Research Institute
21 1,400 pts	pts	Kunshan Football Stadium Suzhou China team: – capacity: 45,000 construction time: 2020–2023 cost: ? design: gmp Architekten
22 1,364 pts	pts	Ganzhou National Fitness Center Stadium Ganzhou China team: Ganzhou Ruishi FC capacity: 45,000 construction time: 2020–2024 cost: $220 M design: ?
23 1,210 pts	pts	Shenzhen Sports Center Stadium Shenzhen China team: Shenzhen Peng City FC capacity: 45,000 construction time: 2021–2025 cost: ? design: ?
24 1,059 pts	pts	Xiaogan Olympic Sports Center Stadium Xiaogan China team: – capacity: 30,000 construction time: 2022–2025 cost: $407 M (entire complex) design: ?
25 1,046 pts	pts	Xiangyang Olympic Sports Center Stadium Xiangyang China team: – capacity: 30,000 construction time: 2021–2024 cost: ? design: Zhongnan Architectural Design Institute
26 942 pts	pts	Desheng Sports Center Stadium Foshan China team: – capacity: 20,000 construction time: 2020–2025 cost: $416 M design: Guangdong Provincial Architectural Design & Research Institute
27 941 pts	pts	Qianxian Cultural and Sports Center Stadium Qianxian China team: – capacity: 20,105 construction time: 2023–2025 cost: $83.5 M (entire complex) design: ?
28 930 pts	pts	Pingxiang Olympic Sports Center Stadium Pingxiang China team: – capacity: 22,000 construction time: 2022–2025 cost: $188.3 M (entire complex) design: ?

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1. Voting schedule: Your votes will be accepted starting February 10, until midnight on March 9, 2026 (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).
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3. Nomination process schedule: Jan 10 – Jan 17, 2026. (nomination period closed)
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5. Nomination requirements: To be eligible, a stadium has to meet several criteria. It has to hold at least 15,000 people and be opened in 2025. 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.