Denig Stadium is a

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on the

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. It is located in

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and has a capacity of 1,000 spectators. The stadium is at times unusable as it is also used as a storage area for shipping containers.

History

The stadium hosted

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until 2004, the last time an organized league was played on the island. The six-team league which played out of the stadium was dissolved after the foreign workers of the

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left the country. The Nauru national soccer team played a

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against

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from the Nauru Regional Processing Centre at the stadium on 20 June 2014 in celebration of World Refugee Day. The stadium was proposed as a host venue in Nauru's unsuccessful bid to host the

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. As part of the proposal, the stadium was to be resurfaced for

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training.

References

{{reflist Sports venues in Nauru

Soccer venues in Nauru