Wunna Theikdi 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 ...

Naypyidaw Naypyidaw (), officially Romanization of Burmese, romanized as Nay Pyi Taw (NPT), is the capital city, capital and third-largest city of Myanmar. The city is located at the centre of the Naypyidaw Union Territory. It is unusual among Myanmar's ...

Myanmar Myanmar, officially the Republic of the Union of Myanmar; and also referred to as Burma (the official English name until 1989), is a country in northwest Southeast Asia. It is the largest country by area in Mainland Southeast Asia and has ...

. It can seat 30,000 spectators. The stadium hosted the

2013 Southeast Asian Games The 2013 Southeast Asian Games (, ), officially known as the 27th Southeast Asian Games, or the 27th SEA Games, and commonly known as Naypyitaw 2013, were a Southeast Asian multi-sport event took place in Naypyidaw, Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar from 11 ...

and the

2014 ASEAN Para Games The 2014 ASEAN Para Games, officially known as the 7th ASEAN Para Games, was a Southeast Asian disabled multi-sport event held in Naypyidaw, Myanmar three weeks after the closing of the 2013 Southeast Asian Games from 14 to 20 January 2014. Th ...

opening and closing ceremonies. In addition, it hosted the events of 2015 National Sports Festival and

2018 ASEAN University Games The 2018 ASEAN University Games, officially known as the 19th ASEAN University Games, was a Southeast Asian university multi-sports event which was held in Myanmar from 8 December 2018 to 19 December 2018. This was the first time Myanmar hosted ...

. It hosts state and region sports competitions and has offices of

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and Department of Youth Affairs of Ministry of Sports and Youth Affairs.

History

On 31 May 2010, Myanmar Olympic Committee was awarded the right to host the 27th SEA Games in 2013. The games are planned to be held mainly in the new capital, Naypyitaw. New infrastructure needed for the games were built in

Zabuthiri Township Zabuthiri Township () is one of Naypyidaw Union Territory's eight townships, located south of Mandalay Region in Burma. History Zabuthiri Township was formed from part of Mandalay Division's Lewe and Pyinmana Townships. ''Zabuthiri'' is deriv ...

and Zeyarthiri Township of Naypyitaw and

Chanmyathazi Township Chanmyathazi Township (also spelled Chanmyathasi Township; , ) is located in south-central area of Mandalay, Myanmar. Chanmyathazi is bounded by the Ayeyarwady river The Irrawaddy River (, , Ayeyarwady) is the principal river of Myanmar, run ...

Mandalay Mandalay is the second-largest city in Myanmar, after Yangon. It is located on the east bank of the Irrawaddy River, 631 km (392 mi) north of Yangon. In 2014, the city had a population of 1,225,553. Mandalay was founded in 1857 by Ki ...

. A large sports complex was built on of land in Pyinyatheikdi Ward of Zabuthiri Township. The Sports Complex project include main stadium, indoor stadium, aquatic center, tennis court, futsal stadium, archery field and training grounds. Originally called Zambu Thiri Stadium, it was later renamed Wunna Theikdi Stadium. Similar to this stadium are

Mandalarthiri Stadium Mandalar Thiri Stadium () is a multi-use stadium, located in Mandalay, Myanmar. It located east of the Mingalar Mandalay. Its address is between 68th and 73rd, between 102A rd and 107 rd, beside of the Mandalay Football Academy. The stadium hoste ...

in Mandalay and

Zayarthiri Stadium Zayarthiri Stadium () is a multi-use stadium in Naypyidaw, Myanmar. It has a capacity of 30,000 spectators. Having been completed in 2012, it is used mostly for football and athletics competitions. It also hosted men's football tournament for the ...

in Zayarthiri Township. These stadiums are the first stadiums in Myanmar which were fully roofed. Myanmar Olympic Committee

The stadium was built by Max Myanmar, owned by

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Architecture and design

Wunna Theikdi Stadium is oval in shape, long, wide and high. The stands are in three stages. There is a runway between the lawn and the stands. Meeting rooms, Living rooms and (15) acres of parking space are also included. Wunna Theikdi Stadium 2

2013 Football violence

After the construction of the stadium, the match between

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and Nay Pyi Taw Football Team was played on August 4, 2013, before the start of the 2013 Southeast Asian Games. During the match, players from both sides clashed. In addition, the host Nay Pyi Taw fans smashed the benches and came down to the field and attacked the referee and the opposing team players. This is one of the worst events in the history of the

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. The violence destroyed more than 150 seats at the new stadium.

Prominent events

2013 SEA Games and 2014 ASEAN Para Games

The stadium hosted the opening and closing ceremonies of 27th SEA Games and 7th ASEAN Para Games. It also hosted the athletic events of the games. Seagame

2015 NSF

The stadium hosted the 2015 National Sports Festival's football matches and closing ceremony.

19th AUG

The stadium hosted the football matches of 19th ASEAN University Games in 2018.

References

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