Stade de Kégué is a multi-use stadium in Lomé, Togo. It is currently used mostly for football matches. The stadium holds 25,000 people and opened in 2000.[2] It was designed by Chinese architect Yang Zhou. The stadium was the main host of the 2007 African U-17 Championship, in March 2007.
In 2004, the stadium saw an incident following a match between Togo and Mali in the 2006 FIFA World Cup qualifiers. The lights on Stade de Kégué went down, and while the panicking crowd tried to leave the stadium, three people were killed and eight injured in the ensuing stampede.[3] On 19 October 2007 the Confederation of African Football placed an indefinite ban on the stadium after an African Nations Cup qualifier between ended in violence which saw Malian players and fans injured.[4] Over 118 million CFA francs were spent in renovations aiming for a higher security during the ban.[5] Kégué went back to hosting international games in 2009, where Togo lost 2-1 to Morocco in the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifiers.[6]
stade, kégué, multi, stadium, lomé, togo, currently, used, mostly, football, matches, stadium, holds, people, opened, 2000, designed, chinese, architect, yang, zhou, stadium, main, host, 2007, african, championship, march, 2007, locationavenue, jean, paul, lom. Stade de Kegue is a multi use stadium in Lome Togo It is currently used mostly for football matches The stadium holds 25 000 people and opened in 2000 2 It was designed by Chinese architect Yang Zhou The stadium was the main host of the 2007 African U 17 Championship in March 2007 Stade de KegueLocationAvenue Jean Paul 2 Lome TogoCoordinates6 12 7 3 N 1 14 22 6 E 6 202028 N 1 239611 E 6 202028 1 239611Capacity25 000 1 SurfaceGrassOpened12 January 2000TenantsTogo national football teamHistory editIn 2004 the stadium saw an incident following a match between Togo and Mali in the 2006 FIFA World Cup qualifiers The lights on Stade de Kegue went down and while the panicking crowd tried to leave the stadium three people were killed and eight injured in the ensuing stampede 3 On 19 October 2007 the Confederation of African Football placed an indefinite ban on the stadium after an African Nations Cup qualifier between ended in violence which saw Malian players and fans injured 4 Over 118 million CFA francs were spent in renovations aiming for a higher security during the ban 5 Kegue went back to hosting international games in 2009 where Togo lost 2 1 to Morocco in the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifiers 6 References edit Stade de Kegue Lome Togo Togo Les realisations chinoises repondent a de vrais besoins french peopledaily com cn 27 January 2012 Retrieved 5 December 2012 Four dead in stampede at African World Cup qualifier CAF bans Togo stadium BBC Sport Retrieved on 19 October 2007 CAN Mondial 2010 Le stade de Kegue a Lome operationnel afriscoop net 6 September 2009 Archived from the original on 14 July 2014 Retrieved 5 December 2012 Togo neutralised by Morocco CAF website External links editPhoto at cafe daum net stade Photo at worldstadiums com nbsp This article about a Togolese sports venue is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Stade de Kegue amp oldid 1141301809, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
