Sir Ignatius Kilage Stadium
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| Sir Ignatius Kilage Stadium Grandstand (January 2014) | |
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| place | Markham Road Voco Point , Lae , Papua New Guinea
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| Coordinates | 6 ° 44 '8.6 " S , 147 ° 0' 24.7" E |
| opening | 1990 |
| Renovations | 2016 |
| capacity | 1,500 seats |
| playing area | artificial grass |
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The Sir Ignatius Kilage Sports Stadium is a football stadium with an athletics facility in Voco Point , a suburb of Lae , Papua New Guinea . It was named after Ignatius Kilage (1941–1989), the fourth governor general of the country. The stadium is part of the Sir Ignatius Kilage Sports Complex .
history
The stadium was built in 1990 for the 1991 South Pacific Games and is part of the Sir Ignatius Kilage Sports Complex . The facility was renovated in 2016.
Events
The sports facility was home to matches of the Papua New Guinean national soccer team , including during the third round of the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifying against the Solomon Islands in June 2017.
Web links
- Sir Ignatius Kilage on websites.sportstg.com
- Sir Ignatius Kilage Stadium on soccerway.com
- Sir Ignatius Kilage Stadium on pnggames.org.pg