Edited By: Aditya Maheshwari
Final Up to date: January 06, 2023, 18:06 IST
Birsa Munda Worldwide Hockey Stadium (Twitter/@sports_odisha)
Each the stadium and the hockey follow centre on the Rourkela stadium complicated have been licensed level-1 by FIH which is the very best in its class.
Birsa Munda Worldwide Hockey Stadium has joined the elusive listing of the world’s largest hockey stadiums. Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday inaugurated the stadium forward of the upcoming Hockey World Cup. It’s the fourth largest hockey stadium on the planet with a seated capability of 20,000.
The largest stadium within the World is in Lahore – Nationwide Stadium which has a capability of 45000. It hosted the ultimate of the 1990 Hockey World Cup.
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The second on the listing is Chandigarh Hockey Stadium with a capability of 30,000, which makes Rourkela stadium, the second largest within the nation.
Weingart Stadium within the US has a capability of twenty-two,355.
Each the stadium and the hockey follow centre on the Rourkela stadium complicated have been licensed level-1 by FIH which is the very best in its class. As a tribute, the stadium has been named after legendary tribal chief Birsa Munda.
Odisha is internet hosting the Hockey World Cup for the second consecutive time they usually don’t wish to go away any stone unturned. This time, the mega sports activities occasion will likely be organised at Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar and the Birsa Munda Hockey Stadium in Rourkela from January 13 to 29.
Whereas 24 matches will likely be performed in Kalinga Stadium, 20 matches will likely be held within the Birsa Munda Stadium.
Patnaik additionally inaugurated hockey coaching centres in Sundargarh, Ganjam, Sambalpur, and Rourkela.
FIH World Cup 2023: Odisha CM Inaugurates Birsa Munda Hockey Stadium at Rourkela
“It’s a second of nice pleasure and celebration for Odisha. We’re not solely internet hosting the Hockey World Cup for the second consecutive time, however now we have additionally constructed the world’s largest hockey stadium in Rourkela,” Chief Minister stated on the inauguration.
“That is the brand new Odisha. I dedicate this to the folks of Sundargarh and the hockey gamers of our nation. I welcome the worldwide hockey fraternity to come back and expertise its grandeur,” he added.
Within the coming years, the Birsa Munda Hockey Stadium will play a pivotal function in taking Indian Hockey to world heights, Patnaik additional stated.
(With Company Inputs)
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