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Kianja Barea Mahamasina is a rugby union and football (
multi-purpose) stadium, also used for concerts and athletics, in
Antananarivo
Antananarivo ( French: ''Tananarive'', ), also known by its colonial shorthand form Tana, is the capital and largest city of Madagascar. The administrative area of the city, known as Antananarivo-Renivohitra ("Antananarivo-Mother Hill" or "An ...
,
Madagascar
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.
Usage
It is used mostly for
rugby
Rugby may refer to:
Sport
* Rugby football in many forms:
** Rugby league: 13 players per side
*** Masters Rugby League
*** Mod league
*** Rugby league nines
*** Rugby league sevens
*** Touch (sport)
*** Wheelchair rugby league
** Rugby union: 1 ...
and
football
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matches. The stadium has a 40,880 capacity for football and rugby matches.
Incidents
In 2005, the stadium was the site of a stampede that killed two people during a match between South African side
Kaizer Chiefs and Madagascar's
USJF Ravinala. It was also the stadium of the
2007 Indian Ocean Games.
On 26 June 2016, during a free concert, a bomb detonated in the stadium, killing two people and injuring around 80.
On 8 September 2018 a stampede to enter the stadium killed one person and injured 37. Long queues had formed to see the
2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
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match against
Senegal
Senegal,; Wolof: ''Senegaal''; Pulaar: 𞤅𞤫𞤲𞤫𞤺𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤠(Senegaali); Arabic: السنغال ''As-Sinighal'') officially the Republic of Senegal,; Wolof: ''Réewum Senegaal''; Pulaar : 𞤈𞤫𞤲𞤣𞤢𞥄𞤲𞤣𞤠ðž ...
with some news sources stating that there had been lines kilometers long vying to enter the stadium from its only entrance.
On 26 June 2019, at least 16 people were killed and 101 injured in
a human crush before the concert of
Rossy
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The company was founded by Michael Rossy in 1949. During the 1960s to the 1990s, different R ...
at the stadium on independence day. The show was about to start, and people heard that they could enter the stadium, but the police had left the doors closed. People tried to force the doors but they remained closed; the crowd kept pushing.
References
External links
Stadiums PicturesPhotoa
worldstadiums.coma
fussballtempel.net
Football venues in Madagascar
Athletics (track and field) venues in Madagascar
National stadiums
Buildings and structures in Antananarivo
Multi-purpose stadiums
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