Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium ( ar, المجمع الرياضي الأمير مولاي عبد الله) is a

multi-purpose stadium A multi-purpose stadium is a type of stadium designed to be easily used by multiple types of events. While any stadium could potentially host more than one type of sport or event, this concept usually refers to a specific design philosophy tha ...

Rabat Rabat (, also , ; ar, الرِّبَاط, er-Ribât; ber, ⵕⵕⴱⴰⵟ, ṛṛbaṭ) is the capital city of Morocco and the country's seventh largest city with an urban population of approximately 580,000 (2014) and a metropolitan populati ...

, Morocco. It is named after

Prince Moulay Abdellah of Morocco Prince Moulay Abdallah of Morocco, Royal Victorian Order, KCVO, (30 July 1935 – 20 December 1983) was the brother of Hassan II of Morocco, Moulay Hassan, later King Hassan II of Morocco and the son of King Mohammed V of Morocco (1909–1961) and ...

It was built in 1983 and is the home ground of AS FAR. It is currently used mostly for

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matches and it can also stage athletics. The stadium has an occupancy of 45,800 people. Since 2008 it has hosted the

Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat The Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat is an annual track and field competition at the Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium in Rabat, Morocco as part of the IAAF World Challenge Meetings. It was first organized in 2008. Its name ...

. It was a confirmed venue for the

2015 Africa Cup of Nations The 2015 Africa Cup of Nations, known as the Orange Africa Cup of Nations, Equatorial Guinea 2015 for sponsorship reasons, was the 30th staging of the Africa Cup of Nations, the international men's football championship of Africa. It was orga ...

until Morocco was stripped of its hosting rights. Morocco asked for the

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to be postponed because of fear of the Ebola pandemic that was affecting several African countries at the time. The country was then ruled out as a host of the international competition. The Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium was also a venue for the

2014 FIFA Club World Cup The 2014 FIFA Club World Cup (officially known as the FIFA Club World Cup Morocco 2014 presented by Toyota for sponsorship reasons) was the 11th edition of the FIFA Club World Cup, a FIFA-organised international club football tournament between ...

. The venue was planned to be one of the host stadiums for the unsuccessful bid to host the

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. It was intended to host Quarter-final matches if Morocco had been awarded the World Cup. It is now planning as a potential venue to host the

2030 FIFA World Cup The 2030 FIFA World Cup will be the 24th FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial international football tournament contested by the men's national teams of the member associations of FIFA. The event will mark the centennial of the first World Cup. Host ...

as Morocco is gearing up its co-bidding with

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and

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. If this happens it will be the first cross-confederation bid by more than one continent. It will also be used as the opening and closing ceremony venue for the

2019 African Games The 12th African Games was held from 19 to 31 August 2019 in Rabat, Morocco. This was the first time that the African Games were hosted by Morocco following the country's readmission to the African Union in January 2017. Bidding process The 12th ...

after

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withdrew its rights to host the African Games.

International events

The stadium hosted the following international events: *

* 2020 CAF Confederation Cup Final * 2020 Arab Club Champions Cup Final *

2022 Women's Africa Cup of Nations Final The 2022 Women's Africa Cup of Nations Final was an association football match played between Morocco and South Africa at Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium in Rabat, Morocco on 23rd July 2022 and the 14th final of the biennial international women ...

2022 CAF Super Cup The 2022 CAF Super Cup, known the TotalEnergies CAF Super Cup 2022 for sponsorship reasons, was the 31st CAF Super Cup, an annual football match in Africa organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF), between the winners of the previous ...

* 2022 CAF Women's Champions League Final

References

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