STADIA - KING SENZANGAKHONA STADIUM
King Senzangakhona Stadium
Located in Durban, the land of golden
beaches and clear warm seas, King
Senzangakhona is less than a kilometre from
the Indian Ocean. King Senzangakhona will be
built on the grounds of the current Kings
Park stadium, and has been proposed as a
semi-final venue for the 2010 FIFA World
Cup.
Accommodation in Durban
In order to qualify under FIFA requirements
the stadium will have to construct new
roofed upper tiers at the north and south
ends of the ground, and behind each of the
goals. This will create a fully encircled
oval with a 60,000 seating capacity.
It was here that South Africa and England
played a friendly in May 2003 to celebrate
the international launch of South Africa's
2010 FIFA World Cup bid. Visiting officials
and media lavished praise upon the stadium
which has been regularly upgraded and
renovated over the years.
Kings Park was orginally built as a rugby
stadium but now hosts many functions. It
hosted Bafana Bafana's first ever match in
July 1992. They faced Cameroon and went on
to win 1-0. Kings Park was also the venue
for the 1995 Rugby World Cup semi-final
match.
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