Qatar accidentally builds 'vagina stadium' for World Cup

DOES this World Cup stadium remind you of anything? A sailboat perhaps? That's what its architects want you to think, but the internet has other ideas.

What do you think? Have your say below.

DOES Qatar's World Cup stadium remind you of anything?

The first design to be revealed by officials for the 2022 World Cup has unfortunately been dubbed the "vagina stadium".

From this angle we guess you could say it looks like a seashell... maybe.

The design is supposed to resemble the sails of a traditional pearl fishing boat with Aecom, the firm that won the contract to design the stadium, saying the design was "inspired by the dhow boat that carried generations of local fishermen and pearl divers".

"The stadium weaves together Qatar's past with its progressive vision for the future," a spokesperson for the company said.

The architects said the design was inspired by a sail boat.

No doubt the designers' true intention will be lost pretty quickly.

Once something is dubbed "the vagina stadium" there really is no turning back.

In any case the stadium is to be made out of sustainable materials.

"The stands and pitch will be cooled to a perfect temperature for football," the spokesperson said.

The irony of Qatar building a stadium that apparently looks like a vagina. FGM common in Qatar

— Michael Tiyce (@MichaelTiyce) November 17, 2013

Sounds great. Better than norm anus appearance "@Valerie0714: Qatar stadium design critics: it 'looks like a vagina' http://t.co/wCLiqkKbi0"

— Belial (@Praedor) November 17, 2013

Nice giant vagina stadium, Qatar.

— Gerald Bostock (@packer_hawk) November 16, 2013

The stadium will be completed in five years.

Construction on the stadium will be completed in 2018.

Who says equal opportunity architecture doesn't exist?

Now if only the same could be said of the sporting competitions the stadium will play host to.

We definitely need more vagina-shaped buildings. How about a bank? Or a car wash? Food court? http://t.co/G2pfRr55ME

— Nick Seymour (@nickseemore) November 18, 2013

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