Philips, one of the main partners of the Fifa Youth World Championship, provided a high-end sports lighting system to the UAE’s Al Jazira Mohammed Bin Zayed Stadium for the recent world-class football event.

The stadium, which can accomodate 15,000 fans, has recently undergone a complete renovation with the construction of a new grandstand and a huge new 30-m high canopy, which made the existing four-corner mast solution inappropriate because of the shadows cast by the luminaires installed on the masts next to the canopy.
Philips Lighting Dubai was asked to propose a new lighting solution using the existing four masts in accordance with the highest international standards, a spokesman for the company said.
After a thorough analysis, Philips Lighting held a series of discussions with the club management and stadium architect to develop a new lighting design. As a solution, 20 per cent of the “Arena Vision” floodlights were mounted on the canopy to illuminate the area of the football field close to the touchlines near the new grandstand.