Sultan Qaboos Sports Center

Sultan Qaboos Sports Center
	Boshar
	The Sultan Qaboos Sports Center during the 2009 Golf Cup
Data
place	Muscat , Oman; Al-Ghubbrah Street, Boshar
Coordinates	23 ° 34 '22.7 " N , 58 ° 23' 58.4" E Coordinates: 23 ° 34 '22.7 " N , 58 ° 23' 58.4" E
owner	Government of Oman
operator	Sports Ministry
opening	October 19, 1985
surface	Natural grass
capacity	39,000 seats
Societies)
	Omani national soccer team; Muscat Club; Oman Club;
Events
	Golf Cup 1996; Golf Cup 2009; Oman Professional League matches ;

The Sultan Qaboos Sports Center ( Arabic مجمع السلطان قابوس الرياضي, DMG maǧmaʿ as-sulṭān Qābūs ar-riyāḍī ), among locals also Bawschar (بوشر, DMG Baušar ), is a state multi-purpose sports facility located in the municipality (arab. Niyaba ) of al-Ghubra in the administrative district (arab. Wilaya ) Bawshar in the governorate (arab. Muhafaza ) Muscat . It is named after Sultan Qaboos .

The central sports facility of the sports center is the stadium . Although it is currently primarily used as a football stadium , it is also suitable for athletics events. Originally, the stadium was designed for 49,000 spectators. However, as part of a renovation, the capacity was reduced to 39,000 spaces. The stadium hosted the golf cup in 1984, 1996 and most recently in 2009 . The 2nd CISM World Soccer Cup took place here from January 13th to 20th, 2017 , in which 16 national military soccer teams took part. The Bundeswehr national football team was also there, and after surviving the group phase, they made it to the quarter-finals. However, the Bundeswehr team was eliminated from the Syrian team.

The sports center also has tennis courts, a multi-purpose sports hall and a swimming pool with a 50-meter swimming pool , a 25-meter swimming pool and a diving pool with a 10-meter diving platform.

Web links

FootballFans.eu: Sultan Qaboos Sport Complex
Footballtempel.net: Stadiums in Oman ( Memento from January 16, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) (Pictures) ( Memento from March 23, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
Soccerway.com: Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex
Stadionwelt.de: Sultan Qaboos Stadium
World Stadiums: Stadiums in Oman
Worldstadia.com: Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, Muscat

Individual evidence

^ Municipal division according to information from the Omani Ministry of Information. In: omanet.om. Archived from the original on February 26, 2014 ; accessed on April 7, 2017 (English).
↑ The Bundeswehr national soccer team plays a successful World Cup in Oman. In: Bundeswehr sports magazine. Retrieved April 9, 2017 .

[1] Municipal division according to information from the Omani Ministry of Information. In: omanet.om. Archived from the original on February 26, 2014 ; accessed on April 7, 2017 (English).

[2] The Bundeswehr national soccer team plays a successful World Cup in Oman. In: Bundeswehr sports magazine. Retrieved April 9, 2017 .