The Sultan Qaboos Stadium at the Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex ( ar, مجمع السلطان قابوس الرياضي), also known locally as Boshar ( ar, بوشر), is a government-owned

multi-purpose stadium A multi-purpose stadium is a type of stadium designed to be easily used by multiple types of events. While any stadium could potentially host more than one type of sport or event, this concept usually refers to a specific design philosophy tha ...

in the Boshar district of

Muscat Muscat ( ar, مَسْقَط, ) is the capital and most populated city in Oman. It is the seat of the Governorate of Muscat. According to the National Centre for Statistics and Information (NCSI), the total population of Muscat Governorate was ...

Oman Oman ( ; ar, عُمَان ' ), officially the Sultanate of Oman ( ar, سلْطنةُ عُمان ), is an Arabian country located in southwestern Asia. It is situated on the southeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula, and spans the mouth of ...

. It is currently used mostly for football matches, and also has facilities for athletics. The stadium originally had a capacity of over 40,000, but after recent renovations the capacity was reduced to 34,000. It is the home stadium of the

Oman national football team The Oman national football team ( ar, منتخب عُمان لكرة القدم) represents Oman in men's international football and is controlled by the Oman Football Association. Although the team was officially founded in 1978, the squad wa ...

. The Qaboos Stadium was used as the main stadium in the

19th Arabian Gulf Cup The 19th Arabian Gulf Cup ( ar, كأس الخليج العربي) was the nineteenth edition of the biannual Gulf Cup competition, and took place in Muscat, Oman, Muscat, Oman, from 4 to 17 January 2009 and was won by Oman national football tea ...

in 2009, and was also used in the

13th Arabian Gulf Cup The 13th Arabian Gulf Cup ( ar, كأس الخليج العربي) was held in Oman, in October 1996. The tournament was won by Kuwait for the 8th time. Iraq continued to be banned from the tournament because of invasion of Kuwait in 1990. ...

competition in 1996. The Complex has strong security, in addition to over 10,000 parking slots. In

field hockey Field hockey is a team sport structured in standard hockey format, in which each team plays with ten outfield players and a goalkeeper. Teams must drive a round hockey ball by hitting it with a hockey stick towards the rival team's shootin ...

, the stadium hosted the 2018 Men's Asian Champions Trophy.

References

External links

Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex - WORLD STADIUMS
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