The Stade de l’Amitié sino-gabonaise is a stadium in
Angondjé, a suburb of
Libreville in
Gabon
Gabon (; ; snq, Ngabu), officially the Gabonese Republic (french: République gabonaise), is a country on the west coast of Central Africa. Located on the equator, it is bordered by Equatorial Guinea to the northwest, Cameroon to the nort ...
. It is referred to as Stade de l'Amitié. The stadium build was expected to take 20 months and was funded by the Gabonese and Chinese governments.
It was one of four stadiums used for the
2012 Africa Cup of Nations and hosted the
competition final. The inaugural football match played here was Gabon facing off against Brazil. Brazil won that match 2–0.
The symbolic laying of the foundation stone was made by the Gabonese Sports Minister Rene Ndemezo’Obiang and the Chinese Vice Minister Fu Ziying in April 2010. This stadium was constructed by China, and built on a 30-hectare area by the Chinese company
Shanghai Construction Group
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The group's listed arm Shanghai Construction Group Co., Ltd. ...
. The work was entirely funded by China while Gabon developed the site, including bringing water and electricity, and building access roads.
It was one of four Gabonese stadia used for the
2017 Africa Cup of Nations
The 2017 Africa Cup of Nations (abbreviated as AFCON 2017 or CAN 2017), known as the Total 2017 Africa Cup of Nations for sponsorship reasons, was the 31st edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, the biennial international men's football champions ...
and hosted the competition's
final
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.
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Sports venues completed in 2010
Football venues in Gabon
2012 Africa Cup of Nations
Buildings and structures in Libreville
Sport in Libreville
2017 Africa Cup of Nations stadiums