Andi Mattalatta Stadium was a

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Makassar Makassar (, mak, ᨆᨀᨔᨑ, Mangkasara’, ) is the capital of the Indonesian province of South Sulawesi. It is the largest city in the region of Eastern Indonesia and the country's fifth-largest urban center after Jakarta, Surabaya, Med ...

South Sulawesi South Sulawesi ( id, Sulawesi Selatan) is a province in the southern peninsula of Sulawesi. The Selayar Islands archipelago to the south of Sulawesi is also part of the province. The capital is Makassar. The province is bordered by Central Sula ...

, Indonesia. It was used mostly for

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matches. The stadium held 15,000 people and was the home stadium of

PSM Makassar Persatuan Sepakbola Makassar ( 'Football Association of Makassar'; abbreviated as PSM) is an Indonesian professional football club based in Makassar, South Sulawesi that competes in Liga 1. PSM was founded in 1915 as , making it the oldest ...

. This stadium was the center of the event

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the 4th in 1957. The stadium was inaugurated for use on July 6, 1957 or two months before the opening of

the 4th in 1957 in Makassar. Historically, this stadium was located on or very near to the Japanese POW camp during

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. On 21 October 2020 this stadium was demolished

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