Royal Bafokeng Stadium

Royal Bafokeng Stadium
Full name Royal Bafokeng Sports Palace
Location R565 (Sun City Road), Phokeng, South Africa
Coordinates 25°34′43″S 27°09′39″E / 25.5786°S 27.1607°E / -25.5786; 27.1607Coordinates: 25°34′43″S 27°09′39″E / 25.5786°S 27.1607°E / -25.5786; 27.1607
Owner Royal Bafokeng Nation
Capacity 44,530[1]
Construction
Opened 1999
Renovated 2009
Expanded 2009
Tenants
Platinum Stars

The Royal Bafokeng Sports Palace is a football, rugby and athletics stadium in Phokeng near Rustenburg, South Africa. It was built and is managed by the Royal Bafokeng Nation.[2] It is used as the home stadium for Premier Soccer League club Platinum Stars. The Leopards rugby team host large attendance matches during the Currie Cup at the stadium, instead of their usual home ground, Olën Park.

The capacity of the stadium was increased from 38,000 to 42,000 to be able to host five first round matches and one second round match at the 2010 FIFA World Cup.[3]

For the 2010 tournament, the main west stand was upgraded and enlarged and given a new cantilever roof. Other improvements include the installation of new electronic scoreboards, new seats, and the upgrading of the floodlights and public address system.

The stadium upgrade was completed in March 2009 for hosting 4 matches of the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup.[4]

Sporting and Miscellaneous events

2009 FIFA Confederations Cup

Royal Bafokeng Stadium was one of the host venues for the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup.

Date Time (UTC+2) Team #1 Res. Team #2 Round Attendance
2009-06-1420.30New Zealand New Zealand0–5Spain SpainGroup A21,649
2009-06-1720.30South Africa South Africa2–0New Zealand New ZealandGroup A36,598
2009-06-2120.30Egypt Egypt0–3United States USAGroup B23,140
2009-06-2815.00Spain Spain3–2South Africa South AfricaThird place match31,788

2010 FIFA World Cup

In the World Cup, the stadium hosted five first round matches and one second round match and was the second smallest stadium for the tournament.

Matches

Date Time (UTC+2) Team #1 Res. Team #2 Round Attendance
2010-06-1220.30England England1–1United States United StatesGroup C38,646
2010-06-1513.30New Zealand New Zealand1–1Slovakia SlovakiaGroup F23,871
2010-06-1916.00Ghana Ghana1–1Australia AustraliaGroup D34,812
2010-06-2216.00Mexico Mexico0–1Uruguay UruguayGroup A33,425
2010-06-2420.30Denmark Denmark1–3Japan JapanGroup E27,967
2010-06-2620.30United States United States1–2Ghana GhanaRound of 1634,976

2013 Africa Cup of Nations

Royal Bafokeng Stadium served as one of the host venues for the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations.

Date Time (UTC+2) Team #1 Res. Team #2 Round Attendance
2013-01-2217.00Ivory Coast Côte d'Ivoire2–1Togo TogoGroup D2,000
2013-01-2220.00Tunisia Tunisia1–0Algeria AlgeriaGroup D8,000
2013-01-2617.00Ivory Coast Côte d'Ivoire3–0Tunisia TunisiaGroup D20,000
2013-01-2620.00Algeria Algeria0–2Togo TogoGroup D35,000
2013-01-2920.00Ethiopia Ethiopia0–2Nigeria NigeriaGroup C15,000
2013-01-3020.00Algeria Algeria2–2Ivory Coast Côte d'IvoireGroup D5,000
2013-02-0317.00Ivory Coast Côte d'Ivoire1–2Nigeria NigeriaQuarter-finals25,000

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/fifa-world-cup/3547808/Royal-Bafokeng-Stadium
  2. ↑ "Sports Palace | Royal Bafokeng Nation". Bafokeng.com. Retrieved 2010-05-18.
  3. ↑ http://soccerlens.com/royal-bafokeng-stadium/43794/
  4. ↑ http://www.fifa.com/confederationscup/destination/stadiums/stadium=5007767/index.html

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