Qatar’s Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy has selected a joint venture of Beijing-based China Railway Construction Corporation and the local HBK for the QR2.8bn ($769m) contract to build the World Cup football stadium at Lusail.

The 80,000-seat stadium is the largest planned for football’s Fifa 2022 World Cup, and will be used to host the tournament’s final match.

US-based Turner International Middle East is the project management consultant.

In 2015, the UK’s Foster+Partners was appointed to design the stadium. Foster+Partners is working with US architect Populous and UK-based engineering consultancy Arup.

In October, contractors submitted bids for the contract to build the Fifth Precinct stadium project.

It is understood about seven contracting groups have submitted offers.

Located in Al-Thumama, the stadium will seat 40,000 people and will host matches up to the quarter-finals of football’s Fifa 2022 World Cup. The consultant is the local Arab Engineering Bureau. The project manager is US-based Turner International Middle East.

Firms are also preparing to submit proposals in December for the deal to build a stadium development known as the Fourth Precinct near to Hamad International airport in the Ras Abu Aboud area. The consultant is US-based Populous. The project manager is Turner International.

MEED reported in July that Cyprus-based Joannou & Paraskevaides had been selected for the contract to build the 2022 World Cup stadium at Education City.

The stadium will have a capacity of about 45,000 and is scheduled for completion in 2018. It will be used to host Fifa World Cup 2022 matches up to the quarter-final stage.

Earlier in June, a joint venture of India’s Larsen & Toubro and the local Al-Balagh Trading & Contracting was awarded a deal to build the Al-Rayyan World Cup stadium in Qatar.

The 45,000-seat stadium will host group matches during the World Cup.