Maroochydore Multi Sports Complex is a multi-purpose community sports facility located in

Maroochydore Maroochydore ( ) is a coastal town in the Sunshine Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the urban area of Maroochydore had a population of 63,673 people. The city was subdivided from the Cotton Tree reserve by Surveyor Thomas O'Conno ...

, Sunshine Coast,

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Overview

Maroochydore Multi Sports Complex has three floodlit ovals for

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, three

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pitches and more than 20 floodlit outdoor

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courts. The complex regularly hosts community events for these sports, and has also hosted a pre-season

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(AFL) match in 2012. The Brisbane Lions women's team played several of their home matches throughout 2022 season 6 at the complex, prior to moving to their permanent ground in Springfield in 2023. Maroochydore Football Club plays home matches in various

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sanctioned leagues at the facility. In 2016, the venue has been selected to host the Preliminary and Grand Finals for the

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, the premier inter-school competition for Australian football in Queensland. Since, then, the venue has been hosting this competition annually. In 2020 the venue underwent a $2.7 million upgrade that included construction of a new multi-sport field with hybrid turf, as well as improved lighting, interchange boxes for players, coaches boxes and additional earth mounds for spectators. Consequently the complex was a training hub for at least five AFL clubs in the

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–affected 2020 and 2021 seasons. The venue was selected to host the 2020

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event prior to its cancellation due to the

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.2020 AFL International Cup heads to Sunshine Coast
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