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Estádio Nacional de Ombaka

Benguela, Angola

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The Estádio Nacional de Ombaka just outside Benguela, Angola, was built for the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations at a cost of US$116 million and has seldom been used since.
The Estádio Nacional de Ombaka just outside Benguela, Angola, was built for the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations at a cost of US$116 million and has seldom been used since. David Stanley from Nanaimo, Canada · CC BY 2.0

The Estádio Nacional de Ombaka stands in an open field, not tucked away in a city centre. Its most striking feature is the way it was built for a deadline. It was completed in time for the 2010 African Cup of Nations, with the opening match — Egypt 2–1 Nigeria — played on 12 January 2010. It is the only stadium in Angola where the national side plays its home games, and it holds 35,000 spectators on a playing surface of natural grass. The entrance lies off Estrada Nacional 100, near the city limits of Benguela.

The architecture is functional rather than ornamental.