Stade Cheikha Ould Boïdiya is a football stadium located in
Nouakchott
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, Mauritania which has a capacity of 8,200 spectators. It is located adjacent (south) to the
École d'Application, opposite to the Maison de Jeunes to the west and
Lycée d'Arabe to the south. A racing club with a swimming pool and four tennis courts is also located in the complex. It's the second oldest stadium after the Stade du Ksar.
History
The stadium was built in 1968. It was inaugurated in 1969 under the name of Stade de la Capitale. In 1970 it hosted the first national sporting event in Mauritania, a National Sports Week, inaugurated by President
Mokhtar Ould Daddah
Moktar Ould Daddah ( ar, مختار ولد داداه, Mukhtār Wald Dāddāh; December 25, 1924 – October 14, 2003) was a Mauritanian politician who led the country after it gained its independence from France. Daddah served as the country's ...
. In 1983, with the inauguration of the
Stade Olympique, all sports competitions were transferred to the new stadium, in front of it that would deteriorate over time, abandoned to its fate.
In 1990, a major rehabilitation operation was carried out.
In April 2012, the stadium lighting works began and it was renamed Cheikha Ould Boïdiya, a former president of the
Mauritanian Football Federation who died in 1988 in a traffic accident.
In 2019, the stadium was renovated and expanded to have a capacity from 500 to 8,200 people.
The stadium hosted the
2021 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations
The 2021 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations was the 16th edition of the Africa U-20 Cup of Nations (23rd edition if tournaments without hosts are included), the biennial international youth football tournament organized by the Confederation of African Foo ...
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References
External links
Stadium profile- ''soccerway.com''
Sport in Nouakchott
Sports venues in Mauritania
Football venues in Mauritania
Multi-purpose stadiums in Mauritania
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