Mahamasina Municipal Stadium

Mahamasina stadium in 2013

Stade Municipal de Mahamasina is a rugby union and football (multi-purpose) stadium, also used for concerts and athletics, in Antananarivo, Madagascar.

Usage

It is used mostly for rugby and football matches. The stadium has a 22,000 capacity for football and rugby matches.

Incedents

In 2005, the stadium was the site of a stampede that killed two people during a match between South African side Kaizer Chiefs and Madagascar's USJF Ravinala.[1] It was also the stadium of the 2007 Indian Ocean Games.

On June 26, 2016, during a free concert, a bomb detonated in the stadium, killing two people and injuring around 80.[2]

On 8 September 2018 a stampede to enter the stadium killed one person and inured 37. Long ques had formed to see the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification match against Senegal with some news sources stating that there had been lines kilometers long vieing to enter the stadium from its only entrance.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "African stadium stampede kills two" (article of ESPN)
  2. ↑ "Madagascar stadium blast kills two - BBC News". BBC News. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
  3. ↑ Barnes, Tom (8 September 2018). "'At least one dead and 37 injured' in Madagascar football stadium stampede". The Independent. Retrieved 12 September 2018.

Coordinates: 18°55′9.70″S 47°31′32.47″E / 18.9193611°S 47.5256861°E / -18.9193611; 47.5256861


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