The Pokhara Rangasala ( ne, पोखरा रङ्गशाला) is a

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Pokhara Pokhara ( ne, पोखरा, ) is a metropolis, metropolitan city in Nepal, which serves as the capital of Gandaki Province. It is the List of cities in Nepal, second most populous city of Nepal after Kathmandu, with 518,452 inhabitants living ...

Gandaki Province Gandaki Province ( ne, गण्डकी प्रदेश ) ), is one of the seven federal provinces established by the current constitution of Nepal which was promulgated on 20 September 2015. Pokhara is the province's capital city. It borde ...

Nepal Nepal (; ne, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne, सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल ), is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is mai ...

. It has a capacity of 16,500 spectators. The venue is located to the south of Pokhara at Rambazaar on the eastern bank of

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History

The facility comprises a football stadium surrounded by an athletics track of 400m, one 7-A side football ground, a volleyball court, a basketball court, cricket ground and covered hall for games like badminton, karate and other indoor sports. The administrative building of Kaski district sports office and

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Kaski lies here. It is the only venue in Nepal beside

Dasarath Rangasala Stadium Dasharath Rangasala ( ne, दशरथ रंगशाला; ) is a multi-purpose stadium in Tripureshwar, Kathmandu. It is named after Dasharath Chand, one of the four great martyrs of Nepal. The stadium is used mostly for football matches a ...

to host international football matches and beside

Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground, commonly known as TU Cricket Ground or simply TU Ground ( ne, त्रिभुवन विश्वविद्यालय अन्तर्राष्ट्रिय क्रिकेट ...

to host international cricket matches. The stadium has hosted several international

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of the

Nepal national football team The Nepal national football team ( ne, नेपाल राष्ट्रिय फुटबल टोली) represents Nepal in FIFA, International men's association football, football, and is governed by the All Nepal Football Association ...

. The other facilities near the stadium are used to host volleyball, basketball, cricket, wrestling, boxing and badminton.

Hosted events

International games: *

2019 South Asian Games The 2019 South Asian Games, officially the XIII South Asian Games, was a major multi-sport event which was originally slated to be held from 9 to 18 March 2019 in Kathmandu and Pokhara, Nepal. However, the dates were postponed and the event was ...

Football: * Aaha Gold Cup (yearly) * Selected matches of the

Football at the 2019 South Asian Games – Women's tournament The Women's football tournament of the 2019 South Asian Games will be the 3rd edition of the tournament. It will be played at Pokhara Rangasala in Pokhara, Nepal, from 3 December to 10 December 2019. India are defending champions. Venue Part ...

Martyr's Memorial A-Division League Martyr's Memorial A-Division League ( Nepali: शहीद स्मारक ए- डिभिजन लिग; formerly known as the Kathmandu League Championship) is the top divisions of football in Nepal. Contested by 12 to 16 clubs, it operat ...

* 9th National Games of Nepal Cricket: *

Pokhara Premier League Pokhara Premier League ( ne, पोखरा प्रिमियर लिग) is a franchise Twenty20 cricket tournament held in Nepal. The tournament is managed by Queen's Event Management. The league is an auction-based tournament where pl ...

* Cricket at the 2019 South Asian Games – Women's tournament

International records

Women's Twenty20 International centuries

Two WT20I centuries have been scored at the venue.

Women's Twenty20 International five-wicket hauls

One WT20I five-wicket haul has been taken at this venue.

References

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