Estadio de Bata
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| Location | Bata, Equatorial Guinea |
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| Coordinates | 01°49′12″N 09°47′15″E / 1.82000°N 9.78750°E |
| Capacity | 35,700 |
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| Built | 2007 |
| Renovated | 2011 |
| General contractor | Covec |
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| Equatorial Guinea national football team | |
Estadio de Bata is a multi-use
Design
The stadium is built around a football field with running track. The stadium platform is a square centre section with semi-circular ends. The first phase was a concrete lower tier with 21 rows and a steel cantilever roof over the east and west stands. The same contractor also constructed stadiums with the same basic plan configuration at Mongomo and at Ebebiyin but with fewer rows.
Expansion
In 2011, Bouygues were appointed as contractors to expand the seating capacity to 35,000 for the hosting of the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations tournament semi-final venue. The expansion was done in a very short time with a new steel structure upper tier with 13 rows of seats and a new continuous cantilever roof.
2015 Africa Cup of Nations
On 14 November 2014 CAF announced that oil rich Equatorial Guinea would be the last-minute alternate hosts for the
References
- ^ "AFCON 2012". ghanaweb.com. Retrieved 25 January 2015.
- ^ "Africa Cup of Nations Stadium Guide: The venues set to play host to Toure, Brahimi & Gyan". Goal.com. Retrieved 25 January 2015.
External links
- FootoFeminin African Womens Championship
- Picture at Cafe.daum.net/stade
- Picture at worldstadiums Archived 13 June 2018 at the Wayback Machine
- Picture at fussbaltempel
- Aerial photo at Panoramio
- Stadium images at Stadiumguide.com