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

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. The stadium is the main venue of the Air Defense Sport Village. The stadium has a capacity of 30,000 and it is one of the venues of the

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. It is the home ground of the Egyptian Premier League side Pyramids F.C. In March 2019 it was announced that the stadium will host all bar one of the fixtures of Group C in the

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, 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,

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and ENPPI. Most of the dead were crushed to death and suffocated when the crowd stampeded after police used

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to clear the fans trying to force their way into the stadium. Egypt's hardcore fans are notorious for violent behavior at matches, and Egypt has designated some as terrorist groups.

2019 Africa Cup of Nations

The stadium is one of the venues for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations. The following games were played at the stadium during the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations:

References

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