Yanggakdo Stadium
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| Yanggakdo Stadium in August 2012 | |
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 Pyongyang , North Korea
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| Coordinates | 38 ° 59 '29 .9 " N , 125 ° 44' 36.9" E |
| opening | 1989 |
| surface | artificial grass |
| capacity | 30,000 seats |
| Capacity (internat.) | 30,000 seats |
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The Yanggakdo Stadium is a football stadium with an athletics facility on the Yanggak Island in the North Korean capital Pyongyang . It offers 30,000 seats in its stands. It is mainly used for DPR Korea League soccer games and for North Korean national soccer team games. According to the KCNA news agency , the sports facility has a field made of artificial turf , an athletics facility and training facilities for boxing , wrestling , judo and swimming .
history
The stadium was built on the occasion of the birthday of the state founder Kim-Il-Sung in 1989. It is the home stadium of the DPR Korea League football teams April 25 Sports Club and Pyongyang Sports Group .
Individual evidence
- ↑ kcna.co.jp: Report of the KCNA ( Memento of May 8, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) (English)
- ↑ worldstadiums.com: List of North Korean stadiums (English)
- ↑ wikistadiums.org: data on the stadium (English)
- ↑ kcna.co.jp: Equipment of the stadium ( Memento of October 12, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) (English)