Olympic Stadium Phnom Penh
| Olympic Stadium Phnom Penh | |
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| Phnom Penh National Olympic Stadium | |
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 Phnom Penh , CambodiaMonireth Boulevard |
| Coordinates | 11 ° 33 '30 " N , 104 ° 54' 43.5" E |
| start of building | 1962 |
| opening | 1964 |
| Renovations | 2002 |
| surface | Natural grass |
| architect | Vann Molyvann |
| capacity | 50,000 seats |
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The Olympic Stadium ( National Sports Complex ) in a football stadium with an athletics facility in the Cambodian capital Phnom Penh was built between 1962 and 1964. The stadium's architect is Vann Molyvann , who is also responsible for many other buildings in the city.
The stadium is located in a sports complex that includes a football stadium with 50,000 seats, a badminton hall, a ballroom and a swimming pool. The facility is located at the intersection of Charles de Gaulle Blvd. and Sihanouk Blvd.
The stadium was originally intended for the Southeast Asian Peninsular Games in 1963, which, however, did not even take place at the time due to political problems in Cambodia. In 1966 the Olympic Stadium was the venue for the GANEFO ( Games Of The New Emerging Forces ). It also played a role in qualifying for the Football World Cup in 1966 , when Australia and North Korea played their home and away games there due to the extensive political isolation of North Korea.
In November 2007, the national volleyball teams for the disabled held their world championships in the ball sports hall.
During the civil war , the stadium was rededicated as a military base; It was from here that the last helicopters of the US operation Eagle Pull left Phnom Penh shortly before the invasion of the Khmer Rouge . After the city was taken over, the stadium was briefly used for military parades.
The Olympic Games, however, have never been held in Phnom Penh. Today the facility is in a dilapidated condition. Still, it is widely used by the locals.
A restoration of the complex is often considered. However, due to a lack of financial resources, these plans have always been rejected.
Web links
- Pictures at FootballFans , Football Temple , Soccerway , Stadionwelt , Stadium Database and World Stadiums
- Data at FootballFans , Football Temple , Soccerway , Stadionwelt , Stadium Database , Wildstat and World Stadiums
Individual evidence
- ^ Khmer Architecture Tours .
- ↑ Football Temple ( Memento of the original from January 16, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. names 40,000 places.
- ^ Ron Gluckman: The Greatest Story Never Told ; Wall Street Journal, Nov. 4-6 January 2002.
- ↑ Ilona Duerkop: volleyball WorldCup in Cambodia ( Memento of 1 December 2007 at the Internet Archive ); RP -Online, November 27, 2007.
- ^ Justin J. Corfield: The history of Cambodia ; 2009; P. 86
