Stade Barema Bocoum
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Stade Barema Bocoum is a multi-use stadium
in Mopti
, Mali
. It is currently used mostly for football
matches. It serves as a home ground of Débo Mopti. It also hosted some matches for the 2002 African Cup of Nations. The stadium holds 15,000 people and was opened in 2001. It is named after foreign minister Baréma Bocoum
.
Stadium
A modern stadium is a place or venue for outdoor sports, concerts, or other events and consists of a field or stage either partly or completely surrounded by a structure designed to allow spectators to stand or sit and view the event.)Pausanias noted that for about half a century the only event...
in Mopti
Mopti
Mopti is a city at the confluence of the Niger and the Bani in Mali, between Timbuktu and Ségou. The city lies on three islands linked by dykes: the New Town, the Old Town and Medina Coura. As a result it is sometimes known as the "Venice of Mali".-History:The city of Mopti derives its name from...
, Mali
Mali
Mali , officially the Republic of Mali , is a landlocked country in Western Africa. Mali borders Algeria on the north, Niger on the east, Burkina Faso and the Côte d'Ivoire on the south, Guinea on the south-west, and Senegal and Mauritania on the west. Its size is just over 1,240,000 km² with...
. It is currently used mostly 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. It serves as a home ground of Débo Mopti. It also hosted some matches for the 2002 African Cup of Nations. The stadium holds 15,000 people and was opened in 2001. It is named after foreign minister Baréma Bocoum
Baréma Bocoum
Baréma Bocoum was a Malian politician and diplomat. Bocoum was the foreign minister of his country from 1961 - 1964. Stade Baréma Bocoum is named after him.Bocoum also served in the French National Assembly from 1956-1958 .- references :**...
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