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 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 venue was planned to be one of the host stadiums for the unsuccessful bid to host the 2026 FIFA World Cup. 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 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 after Malabo,

Equatorial Guinea Equatorial Guinea ( es, Guinea Ecuatorial; french: Guinée équatoriale; pt, Guiné Equatorial), officially the Republic of Equatorial Guinea ( es, link=no, República de Guinea Ecuatorial, french: link=no, République de Guinée équatoria ...

withdrew its rights to host the African Games.

International events

The stadium hosted the following international events: * 2019 African Games * 2020 CAF Confederation Cup Final * 2020 Arab Club Champions Cup Final * 2022 Women's Africa Cup of Nations Final * 2022 CAF Super Cup * 2022 CAF Women's Champions League Final

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