Stade Alphonse Massemba-Débat
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Stade Alphonse Massamba Debat (also named Stade de la Revolution) in Brazzaville
is the national stadium
of the Republic of the Congo
. It is used for football
matches and also has an athletics track and a handball
court. It hosts the home games of CARA Brazzaville
and Etoile du Congo
. It holds 25,000 people. It was the venue for the 1965 All-Africa Games
and the 2004 African Championships in Athletics
.
Brazzaville
-Transport:The city is home to Maya-Maya Airport and a railway station on the Congo-Ocean Railway. It is also an important river port, with ferries sailing to Kinshasa and to Bangui via Impfondo...
is the national stadium
National stadium
Many countries have a national football stadium, which typically serves as the primary or exclusive home for one or more of a country's national representative sports teams. The term is most often used in reference to an association football stadium. Usually, a national stadium will be in or very...
of the Republic of the Congo
Republic of the Congo
The Republic of the Congo , sometimes known locally as Congo-Brazzaville, is a state in Central Africa. It is bordered by Gabon, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo , the Angolan exclave province of Cabinda, and the Gulf of Guinea.The region was dominated by...
. It is used for football
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
matches and also has an athletics track and a handball
Team handball
Handball is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each pass a ball to throw it into the goal of the other team...
court. It hosts the home games of CARA Brazzaville
CARA Brazzaville
CARA Brazzaville is a Congolese football club based in Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo.-Honors:*Congo Premier League: 9*Coupe du Congo de Foot-ball: 3*African Cup of Champions Clubs: 1-Performance in CAF competitions:...
and Etoile du Congo
Étoile du Congo
Étoile du Congo is a Congolese football club based in Brazzaville.-Achievements:*Congo Premier League: 12*Coupe du Congo de Foot-ball: 5-Performance in CAF competitions:*CAF Champions League: 3 appearances...
. It holds 25,000 people. It was the venue for the 1965 All-Africa Games
1965 All-Africa Games
The first All-Africa Games were played from July 18, 1965 to July 25, 1965 in Brazzaville, Congo.The first games to open to the entire African continent occurred a full forty years after they were first intended. Pierre de Coubertin, had proposed the first African Games be held in Algiers, Algeria...
and the 2004 African Championships in Athletics
2004 African Championships in Athletics
The 14th African Championships in Athletics were held in Brazzaville, Republic of Congo in July, 2004. Since African Championships is a biennial event, this edition was contested only a month before 2004 Summer Olympics. Thus some top athletes shunned the event...
.