Addis Ababa Stadium

Addis Ababa Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. It is used mostly for football matches and it also has athletics facilities. The stadium has a capacity of 35,000 people.

Named after the capital city of Ethiopia, Addis Ababa Stadium was constructed in 1940. Later in 1999, it was renovated for the 2000 annual African Youth Championship [http://www.cafonline.com CAF] held in Ethiopia. In this championship, the Ethiopia's National Youth team came fourth following Egypt. This was the qualification tournament for the World Youth Championship held between all the participating countries in Africa. Ethiopian youth team has been qualified for the first time for the 2001 [http://www.fifa.com/ FIFA] World Youth Championship that took place in Argentina.

Addis Ababa Stadium is located at the heart of Addis Ababa near to Legehar train station and Meskel square. The stadium hosts both international soccer and athletics competition. This historic stadium hosted different Athletics events that contributed great athletes like the legendary Abebe Bikila and [http://www.olympic.org/uk/athletes/profiles/bio_uk.asp?PAR_I_ID=90856 Haile Gebrselassie] . According to [http://www.iaaf.org IAAF] certification, Addis Ababa stadium has Class II certificate for its athletics facilities. Recently, April 30 to May 4 of this year Addis Ababa Stadium hosted the 16th [http://www.webcaa.org/ CAA] African Athletics Championships

External links

* [http://www.worldstadiums.com/stadium_pictures/africa/ethiopia/addis_abeba.shtml Photo] at [http://www.worldstadiums.com/ worldstadiums.com]
* [http://www.fussballtempel.net/caf/ETH/Addis_Abeba.html Photos] at [http://www.fussballtempel.net/ fussballtempel.net]