Wad Madani Stadium is a multi-use
stadium
A stadium (: stadiums or stadia) is a place or venue for (mostly) outdoor sports, concerts, or other events and consists of a field or stage completely or partially surrounded by a tiered structure designed to allow spectators to stand or sit ...
in
Wad Madani
Wad Madani (; also spelled Wad Medani and known simply as Madani) is a city in eastern Sudan and the capital of the Al Jazirah (state), Al Jazirah state. "Wad Madani" (population), Microsoft Encarta, Online Encyclopedia 2001. Wad Madani lies on th ...
,
Sudan
Sudan, officially the Republic of the Sudan, is a country in Northeast Africa. It borders the Central African Republic to the southwest, Chad to the west, Libya to the northwest, Egypt to the north, the Red Sea to the east, Eritrea and Ethiopi ...
. It is currently used mostly for
football
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqualified, football (word), the word ''football'' generally means the form of football t ...
matches and is the home stadium of
Ittihad Wad Medani,
Al Ahly Wad Medani and
Jazeerat Al-Feel football clubs. The stadium has a capacity of 15,000 people. It hosted several matches during the
1970 African Cup of Nations
The 1970 African Cup of Nations was the seventh edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, the association football championship of Africa ( CAF). It was hosted by Sudan. Just like in 1968, the field of eight teams was split into two groups of four. S ...
in Sudan.
External links
Photosa
cafe.daum.net/stadeProfile's stadium
- ''goalzz.com''
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