Ato Boldon Stadium
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 Couva , Trinidad and Tobago
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| Coordinates | 10 ° 25 ′ 29 ″ N , 61 ° 25 ′ 2 ″ W |
| opening | July 24, 2001 |
| surface | Natural grass |
| architect | Design Collaborative Ltd. |
| capacity | 10,000 seats |
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The Ato Boldon Stadium is a stadium with an athletics facility in Couva in the island state of Trinidad and Tobago . The stadium, built in 2001, has a capacity of 10,000 seats. The stadium is the home ground of the Central FC football club
history
The Ato Boldon Stadium was built for the U-17 World Cup . It is named after the athlete Ato Boldon , who became world champion in the 200-meter run at the 1997 World Athletics Championships in Gothenburg . In September 2010, the Ato Boldon Stadium hosted the Women's U-17 World Cup . Six preliminary round matches as well as a quarter-final and a semi-final were played in the stadium.
On June 16, 2011 the “home game” of Montserrat against Belize took place here as part of the qualification for the 2014 World Cup . 100 spectators saw a 2-5 defeat of Montserrat. As part of qualifying for the 2018 World Cup , the stadium hosted an international match between the Trinidadian national soccer team and the United States .
Web links
- Footballtempel.net: Picture gallery ( Memento from February 15, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
Individual evidence
- ↑ fussballtempel.net: List of stadiums in Trinidad and Tobago ( Memento from January 16, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Footballfans.eu: Ato Boldon Stadium ( Memento from February 13, 2013 in the web archive archive.today )
- ↑ Reuters.com: United States miss out on World Cup after Trinidad loss. Retrieved January 24, 2019 .