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Qatar's World Cup vision

STORY HIGHLIGHTS
  • Qatar hopes to host the 2022 World Cup in temperatures of over 40 C
  • It plans to use solar power to air condition its stadiums
  • Qatar will be the first country in the Middle East to stage the event

(CNN) -- Qatar plans to build nine fully air-conditioned open-air stadiums to stage matches at the 2022 FIFA World Cup.

Click through the gallery above to see how the stadiums will look.

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