Stade Bouaké
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 Bouaké , Ivory Coast
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| Coordinates | 7 ° 40 '58 " N , 5 ° 2' 41" W |
| opening | 1984 |
| Renovations | 2007 |
| surface | Natural grass |
| capacity | 35,000 |
| playing area | 119 × 73 m |
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The Stade Bouaké (since 2007 also Stade de la Paix ; German Stadium of Peace ) is a multi-purpose stadium in Bouaké in the Ivory Coast . It has a capacity of 35,000 and is mainly used for soccer games.
The two football clubs ASC Bouaké and Alliance Bouaké play their home games in the stadium. At the soccer championship of Africa in 1984 a total of seven games took place in the stadium, six of them in the preliminary round and one semi-finals.
During the civil war in Ivory Coast (October 2002 to March 2007) no sporting events took place at the Stade Bouaké. The stadium was occupied by the Forces Nouvelles and was believed to have been used for executions by police officers and government military personnel . After the official end of the civil war on July 30, 2007, the fundamental renovation of the stadium began.
On June 3, 2007, the match between Ivory Coast and Madagascar (5-0) in qualifying for the 2008 African Cup of Nations took place in the stadium. This is considered a historic game in terms of national reconciliation, an important point of the Ouagadougou Treaty .