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Last Updated: January 06, 2023, 18:06 IST
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Both the stadium and the hockey observe centre on the Rourkela stadium complicated have been licensed level-1 by FIH which is the very best in its class.
Birsa Munda International Hockey Stadium has joined the elusive record of the world’s greatest hockey stadiums. Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday inaugurated the stadium forward of the upcoming Hockey World Cup. It is the fourth greatest hockey stadium on the earth with a seated capability of 20,000.
The greatest stadium within the World is in Lahore – National 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 record is Chandigarh Hockey Stadium with a capability of 30,000, which makes Rourkela stadium, the second greatest within the nation.
Weingart Stadium within the US has a capability of twenty-two,355.
Both the stadium and the hockey observe 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 and so they don’t wish to depart any stone unturned. This time, the mega sports activities occasion shall be organised at Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar and the Birsa Munda Hockey Stadium in Rourkela from January 13 to 29.
While 24 matches shall be performed in Kalinga Stadium, 20 matches shall 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 is a second of nice pleasure and celebration for Odisha. We are usually 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 said at the inauguration.
“This is the new Odisha. I dedicate this to the people of Sundargarh and the hockey players of our nation. I welcome the global hockey fraternity to come and experience its grandeur,” he added.
In the approaching years, the Birsa Munda Hockey Stadium will play a pivotal position in taking Indian Hockey to international heights, Patnaik additional mentioned.
(With Agency Inputs)
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