30 June Stadium

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30 June Stadium
Egyptian Air Defense Stadium
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30 June Stadium
LocationCairo, Egypt
Public transit Marshal Tantawy Monorail station
Owner Egyptian Air Defense Forces
Capacity 30,000
Field size104 metres (114 yd) by 68 metres (74 yd)
SurfaceGrass
Opened2 July 2012
Tenants
Pyramids FC

The 30 June Stadium is a stadium used mostly for football matches and also sometimes for athletics located in Cairo. It was built by the Egyptian Air Defense Forces. [1] The stadium is the main venue of the Air Defense Sport Village. The stadium has a capacity of 30,000 [2] and it is one of the venues of the Egyptian Premier League. It is the home ground of the Egyptian Premier League side Pyramids F.C.

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In March 2019 it was announced that the stadium will host all bar one of the fixtures of Group C in the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations, as well as one Group A and Group D match and one match each in the round of 16, the quarter-finals, and the semi-finals.

Accidents

Twenty-eight football fans died on 8 February 2015 in a confrontation with the police at the gates of Egyptian stadium during a league match between two Cairo clubs, Zamalek SC and ENPPI. [3] [4] Most of the dead were crushed to death and suffocated when the crowd stampeded after police used tear gas to clear the fans trying to force their way into the stadium. [3] [5] [6] Egypt's hardcore fans are notorious for violent behavior at matches, and Egypt has designated some as terrorist groups. [7]

2019 Africa Cup of Nations

The stadium was one of the venues for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations.

The following games were played at the stadium during the tournament:

DateTime (CEST)Team #1ResultTeam #2RoundAttendance
23 June 201919:00Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal 2–0Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania Group C 7,249
22:00Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria 2–0Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 8,071
27 June 201919:00Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal 0–1Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria 25,765
22:00Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 3–2Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania 7,233
30 June 201921:00Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe 0–4Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg  DR Congo Group A 4,364
1 July 201918:00Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia 1–4Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast Group D 7,530
21:00Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 0–3Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal Group C 13,224
7 July 201921:00Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria 3–0Flag of Guinea.svg  Guinea Round of 16 8,205
10 July 201918:00Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal 1–0Flag of Benin.svg  Benin Quarter-finals 5,798
14 July 201918:00Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal 1–0 ( a.e.t. )Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia Semi-finals 9,143

References

  1. ↑ تقرير..الطريق إلى استاد "ملحمة 30 يونيو" قبل مواجهة الأهلى وصن شاين (in Arabic). 14 October 2012. Archived from the original on 10 February 2013. Retrieved 7 September 2013.
  2. ↑ "Venues - Premier League - Egypt". Soccerway. Retrieved 7 September 2013.
  3. 1 2 "Africa's tragic record of stadium disasters". ESPN.com. July 29, 2017.
  4. ↑ Faith Karimi (9 February 2015). "Egypt soccer match goes ahead despite clashes that killed at least 19 fans". CNN. Retrieved 6 March 2015.
  5. ↑ "Soccer Stadium Stampede Kills at least 25 in Egypt". nytimes.com. Retrieved 9 February 2015.
  6. ↑ "TRAGIC! 22 people killed outside Cairo soccer stadium". rediff.com. 9 February 2015. Retrieved 9 February 2015.
  7. ↑ "Riots, fires, falls, stampedes and stadium collapses: A look at tragic deaths in sports arenas". pennlive. May 22, 2017.

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