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Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium

  • Address: 70 Prince Alfred Road, Port Elizabeth
  • Country: South Africa
  • Capacity: 46,000
  • Opened: 6 June 2009
  • Main use: Football, rugby union
  • Tenants: Chippa United (football)

Extra stadium info – Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium

The venue is also known as The Protea. It is named after Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela, who became the president of South Africa in 1994. The Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium hosted eight FIFA World Cup matches in 2010. The national football team of Korea won the first-ever FIFA World Cup match at the venue after beating the Hellenic Republic 2-0. 31,000 people attended the game. Brazil, Chile, the Côte d’Ivoire, England, Germany, the Netherlands, the Portuguese Republic, Serbia, Slovenia, the Swiss Confederation and Uruguay also played at the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium during the 2010 FIFA World Cup.

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