Bingu National Stadium

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| stadium_name = Bingu National Stadium

| nickname = Bingu National Stadium

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| fullname = Bingu National Stadium

| location = Lilongwe, Malawi

| coordinates ={{coord|-13.9438119|33.7530957|region:MW_type:landmark|display=inline,title}}

| broke_ground = 2012

| built =2012/07/11 - 2016/11/30{{Cite web|url=http://www.worldstadiums.com/africa/countries/malawi.shtml|title=World Stadiums - Stadiums in Malawi|website=www.worldstadiums.com}}

| opened = 2017/01/28

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| surface = Grass

| construction_cost = 70 million USD

| architect = Beijing Institute of Architectural Design

| general_contractor= Anhui Foreign Economic Construction Group

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| tenants = Malawi national football team (2017–present)

| seating_capacity = 41,100

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|caption=Interior of the stadium in 2017}}

Bingu National Stadium in Lilongwe is the national stadium of Malawi. It is used for football matches and also has an athletics track. It hosts the home games of the Malawi national football team. It holds 41,100 people.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nyasatimes.com/china-funded-bingu-stadium-malawi-monument-pride/|title=China-funded Bingu stadium in Malawi :A monument of pride|website=www.nyasatimes.com|date=14 January 2017 }} It is named after former Malawian president Bingu wa Mutharika.

This stadium became Ethiopian Football Federation home arena. This follows Ethiopian Football Federation request to CAF to use BNS as their national stadium is banned to host international matches for lacking minimum requirements as per the CAF Club Licensing criteria.{{Cite web |date=2022-05-13 |title=BNS to host Ethiopia vs Egypt |url=https://malawi24.com/2022/05/13/bns-to-host-ethiopia-vs-egypt-match/ |access-date=2022-05-24 |website=Malawi 24 |language=en-US}}

It also hosted all four matches of the 2024 Four Nations Football Tournament in March 2024.

Construction

The stadium was built with a US$70 million price tag and opened in 2017.{{Cite web|url=https://mwnation.com/bingu-stadium-operates-at-a-loss/|title=Bingu Stadium operates at a loss – The Nation Online|last=|first=|work=The Nation Online |date=16 June 2019|language=en-US|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190616151650/https://mwnation.com/bingu-stadium-operates-at-a-loss/ |archive-date=2019-06-16 |access-date=2019-10-30}}{{Cite web|url=http://stadiumdb.com/stadiums/mwi/bingu_national_stadium|title=Bingu National Stadium – StadiumDB.com|website=stadiumdb.com|access-date=2019-10-30}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/20153471|title=China to build new Malawi stadium|date=2012-10-31|access-date=2019-10-30|language=en-GB}}

Bingu National Stadium

Construction

See also