This stadium shall be used for training teams

not sure 100% as i seem to be confused.

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RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - NO SALES - NO ARCHIVES - TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY JUSTINE GERARDY - A reproduction of a picture depicting the future World Cup 2010 football stadium is seen on February 6, 2009 at the construction site of the National football stadium in Zimpeto, Maputo. The project has employed 273 Chinese and 331 Mozambicans so far, with the figures expected to reach 500 and 1000 respectively by the end of the project. The result will be a multi-facility sports park anchored by the 42,000 capacity stadium and is one of several Chinese government funded multi-million dollar projects in Mozambique. The stadium is the biggest sports construction since Mozambique's bloody independence from Portugal in 1975 and 16 years of ruinous civil war. AFP PHOTO/CARLOS LITULO - RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - NO SALES - NO ARCHIVES (Photo credit should read Carlos LITULO/AFP/Getty Images)
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Bu the official site of the World Cup doesn't list Maputo...

Bu the official site of the World Cup doesn't list Maputo...


They just added Maputo and the stadium is under construction, FIFA games 2010 shall be played here:cheers:

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Bu the official site of the World Cup doesn't list Maputo...

This isn't a WC match venue. It's a training venue as evidenced by angcammoc's own source (http://www.mg.co.za/article/2009-03-17-chinese-cash-aids-mozambiques-world-cup-bid):

"Authorities now hope to attract fellow Portuguese-speaking 2010 teams, including five-time champions Brazil, to use the stadium to train for the soccer festival."

Mozambique will not hold any matches in the WC, but it will host some teams for training.

after you.

Another Chinese company building infrastructure in Africa... That'll help their economy...

I assume this will be the venue for the 2011 All Africa Games

http://globoesporte.globo.com/Esportes/foto/0,,19696525-EX,00.jpg

It looks like Tangier stadium (Morocco), with one stand with a roof and just one stand level behind the goals.

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Cute little stadium!

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+ a new huge sports complex to be constructed after the completion of the stadium

Railways in Mozambik is better then in Ukraine :(

some news?? :)

some news?? :)

I heard it's almost finished.

This stadium is set to have its first match in December (Mozambique vs Something).


This set of pictures is quite old (March), but, at least, it gives us an idea on how it looks like from the inside.


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Blue seats?

http://www.maputo.co.mz/var/ezwebin_site/storage/images/desporto/noticias/estadio_nacional_conclui_se_em_agosto/348369-1-por-MZ/estadio_nacional_conclui_se_em_agosto_medium.jpg

Bem legalzinho, que bom que paises como moçambique estão se desenvolvendo :)

Nice stadium for the 2011 games. :cheers:

Could someone change the name of this thread to "Estádio Nacional" or "Estádio Nacional do Zimpeto"? Thanks.




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1000 Blocks of apartments next to the stadium, called Zimpeto apartments, begin construction by the end of the month

http://muliquela.blogspot.com/2010/09/ai-esta-ele.html

The new Zimpeto Stadium could very well be one of the most dashing stadiums in the African continent along with all of the stadiums in SA used for this year's World Cup and the Abuja Stadium.

Source (sapo.mz) (http://fotos.sapo.mz/sapomz_equipa/albuns/?aid=959)



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Love it! It's a nice modern stadium. I like also what they've done with the exterior of the arena and the surrounding area. Feels always good to see such things happening in Africa, not always just the bad news. Congratulations Mozambique!!! :cheers:

Is there any thread about All-Africa Games 2011 ?? I would like to see other sports venues...

Awesome stadium. Awesome.

I like exterior, and that statue (btw, what does it represent?) looks awesome, too.

Would like to have one like this in Zagreb.

beautiful old style stadium :)

China hands over Zimpeto National Stadium to Mozambique [ 2011-01-18 ]

Maputo, Mozambique, 18 Jan – The Mozambican government Monday received the Zimpeto National Stadium from the Chinese government. It is the biggest sporting venue built in Mozambique since the country’s independence and holds 42,000 spectators.

Ten thousand of the 42,000 available seats at the venue are under a covered area, which also houses the VIP area and areas for restaurants and the media.

The stadium took two years and three months to build and cost US$70 million funded by the Chinese government, which took charge of the building project by handing it over to the Anhui Foreign Economic Construction Co. (AFECC).

The Chinese ambassador to Mozambique, Huang Songfu, said on the occasion that construction of the stadium “was one of China’s biggest projects in an African country as part of the China-Africa Cooperation Forum."

The National Stadium now delivered to the Mozambican government is an important part of the facilities that the country will be using in the 10th African Games scheduled for September.

In the area in which it was built work is underway to build the Olympic village to accommodate the athletes at the Games, and some support structures, which are the responsibility of Portuguese consortium Mota Engil/Soares da Costa. (macauhub)

From 2011 All Africa Games (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=1039825&page=2) on african forum

http://c4.quickcachr.fotos.sapo.pt/i/N7c06120d/7890297_9iAe9.jpeg

The Chinese ambassador giving the key to the Mozambican minister of youth and sport Carlos de Sousa.
Go to the Angolan forum for answers to your questions.

^^ Under Construction (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1734) > Completed (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1732) ^^

Beautiful entrance!

wonderful stadium, Mozambique deserves it :applause:

^^ Under Construction (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1734) > Completed (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1732) ^^

It's not completed yet.

It's not completed yet.

What is missing ?

All the article is at the past :

China hands over Zimpeto National Stadium to Mozambique [ 2011-01-18 ]

Maputo, Mozambique, 18 Jan – The Mozambican government Monday received the Zimpeto National Stadium from the Chinese government. It is the biggest sporting venue built in Mozambique since the country’s independence and holds 42,000 spectators.

Ten thousand of the 42,000 available seats at the venue are under a covered area, which also houses the VIP area and areas for restaurants and the media.

The stadium took two years and three months to build and cost US$70 million funded by the Chinese government, which took charge of the building project by handing it over to the Anhui Foreign Economic Construction Co. (AFECC).

The Chinese ambassador to Mozambique, Huang Songfu, said on the occasion that construction of the stadium “was one of China’s biggest projects in an African country as part of the China-Africa Cooperation Forum."

The National Stadium now delivered to the Mozambican government is an important part of the facilities that the country will be using in the 10th African Games scheduled for September.

In the area in which it was built work is underway to build the Olympic village to accommodate the athletes at the Games, and some support structures, which are the responsibility of Portuguese consortium Mota Engil/Soares da Costa. (macauhub)

What is missing ?

All the article is at the past :

Grass consistency and stability; the reason why the opening match was moved from December to another date.

And I'm not sure about its surroundings.

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January 17th


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Source (Sapo Moçambique) (http://www.sapo.mz/)

Opening tomorrow (today).







Pictures source (http://newbrisaescoladefutebol.blogspot.com/2011/02/escola-de-futebol-new-brisa-na.html)


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I don't mean to rain on anyone's parade, but the front row of the seating is more than 20 meters away from the track, which makes it close to 40 meters from the football pitch. Sure, it's pretty, with good facilities, but the design is horribly flawed. The spectators are an enormous distance from the action.

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I don't mean to rain on anyone's parade, but the front row of the seating is more than 20 meters away from the track, which makes it close to 40 meters from the football pitch. Sure, it's pretty, with good facilities, but the design is horribly flawed. The spectators are an enormous distance from the action.

Who cares? The people of Mozambique are essentially getting a free stadium and should be grateful for it.

Should the African Games be a success, perhaps Maputo can bid for a Commonwealth Games? Modify the stadium so the field is lowered and add additional rows of seating to increase capacity to say 50,000.