FIFA UPDATE
Brasilliense line marking before new equipment
Hosting fifty-two games in twenty-three days is a tall order for any pitch in any stadium. To make things a bit more difficult, the majority of games were scheduled to be played as doubleheaders, which made providing high-quality surfaces crucial
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... and after training and new equipment
November 2019, but as the Brazilian season was in full swing, it was decided that the tournament would be played at smaller stadia more commonly used to host second and third tier games.
The four stadia were selected in the three cities of Brasilia, Goiania (two stadia) and Vitoria. Each host city also had a number of training sites appointed. During the first inspection, Alan, supported by Andy Cole from iTurf, inspected the four match pitches and fourteen training pitches.
“Hosting fifty-two games in twenty-three days is a tall order for any pitch in any stadium,” Alan began. “To make things a bit more difficult, the majority of games were scheduled to be played as doubleheaders, which made providing high-quality surfaces crucial.”
“The pitches in the Estadio Bezerrão in Brasilia and the Estadio Kleber Andrade in Vitoria were to host eighteen games in twenty-three days and sixteen games in twenty-three days respectively. As all the pitches selected were natural, it was
decided that these two would have hybrid fibre installed. A tender was carried out by iTurf on FIFA’s behalf, and SIS Pitches were awarded the contract. Everyone connected with the pitch project knew that the stability needed to have a chance of delivering such an intense schedule would be there with the fibre, but what we didn’t anticipate was how well the two pitches would handle hosting thirty-four games between them in that time.” “We documented the condition of them throughout the tournament, and we’ve been able to leave pitches that are at a much higher level than we inherited. One of our key objectives is to leave a strong legacy, and I’m very happy that we’ve been able to do that at both venues.”
Upgrading these pitches was only a small part of the programme that had to take place in Brazil. A majority of the surfaces were 100% Bermuda and needed to be renovated to raise the standard. The logistics of installing the hybrid systems had to be considered, as did training for the
Estadio Kleber Andrade just after renovation 54 PC February/March 2020
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