We have said goodbye to the old year and are looking forward with high hopes to what 2023 will bring. For our editorial team, it is time to summarise what happened on the world's stadium map in 2022. Any moment now, the next edition of our Stadium of the Year vote will be launched. We invite you to take an active part in our competition and suggest your candidates.

In terms of stadiums, the year 2022 was unusually prolific. All over the world, more and more impressive arenas were springing up like mushrooms. At the moment, 36 stadiums from all over the world have made it onto our list, and that's where you come in! Our ballot remains open to suggestions from StadiumDB.com readers and viewers. We have presented our picks in the table below, but keep in mind that the number of stadiums can grow significantly with your involvement. Time to meet our nominations: 

Stadium	Location
Allianz Stadium	Sydney
Arena Romeirão	Juazeiro do Norte
Stade de Yamoussoukro	Yamoussoukro
Workers’ Stadium	Beijing
Lanzhou Stadium	Lanzhou
Chengdu Fenghuangshan Football Stadium	Chengdu
Kuishan Sports Center Stadium	Rizhao
Yulin Sports Center Stadium	Yulin
Leshan Olympic Center Stadium	Leshan
Qingyuan Sports Center Stadium	Qingyuan
Taizhou Sports Park Stadium	Taizhou
Danzhou Sports Center Stadium	Danzhou
Wuyi New District Sports Center Stadium	Nanping
Yueyang Sports Center Stadium	Yueyang
International Football Center of Rizhao	Rizhao
Xiaoshan Sports Centre Stadium	Hangzhou
Alphamega Stadium	Limassol
Stade Abdelkrim-Kerroum	Sig
Suez Canal Authority Stadium	Ismailia
OPAP Arena	Athens
Jakarta International Stadium	Jakarta
Banten International Stadium	Serang
Al-Minaa Olympic Stadium	Basrah
Al-Zawraa Stadium	Baghdad
Dariaus ir Girėno stadionas	Kaunas
Stadion Floriana Krygiera	Szczecin
Stadion Władysława Króla	Łódź
Estadio Villa Alegre	Encarnación
Lusail Stadium	Lusail City
Stadionul Rapid-Giulești	Bucharest
Stadionul Municipal	Sibiu
Stade du Sénégal	Diamniadio
Erzincan Stadyumu	Erzincan
Snapdragon Stadium	San Diego
GEODIS Park	Nashville
CityPark	St. Louis

The list will of course be updated as new nominations are accepted. There are several ways to submit your proposal: by email, Facebook, Twitter or Instagram. We will take a close look at each of them and notify you of our decision. Before you head off to your keyboards, please read the submission criteria for the Stadium of the Year poll.

We have greatly valued your support and involvement in our stadium project over the years, so your participation is crucial throughout the whole competition. You can nominate any arena, but keep in mind the four unchangeable requirements:

• Chronological criterion [full opening between 01/01/2022 and 31/12/2022];

• Functional criterion [only stadiums enabling professional football games];

• Capacity criterion [10 000 seats or more];

• Structural criterion [only brand new or completely rebuilt stadiums].

You can submit your nominations until February 2. The voting, in which you will be the ones to choose the best stadium of 2022, will last a month and will start on February 15 and end on March 15, 2022.

Keep your eyes and ears open, because a video with voting instructions will soon be released on our YouTube channel. We are already looking forward to it and hope for a high turnout!