Qatar's Education City Stadium will not host matches during the FIFA Club World Cup this month after the official opening of the venue was postponed until early 2020, soccer's world governing body said on Saturday.
The change means Liverpool's two fixtures in the competition will take place at the Khalifa International stadium instead.
FIFA said the construction of the Education City Stadium was complete and the venue was operational, but the necessary certification processes took longer than expected and the stadium was unable to host test events at full capacity prior to the tournament.
The Education City Stadium was due to host three games in the Dec.