Stade de Japoma | |
Fullname: | Stade de Japoma |
Location: | Japoma, Douala, Cameroon |
Coordinates: | 4.0056°N 9.8253°W |
Broke Ground: | February 21, 2017 |
Opened: | December 29, 2020 [1] |
Owner: | Cameroonian Football Federation |
Surface: | Grass |
Scoreboard: | Yes |
Cost: | $232 million (estimated) |
General Contractor: | Yenigün Construction Industry |
Capacity: | 50,000 |
Tenants: | Cameroon national football team (selected matches) |
Website: | https://japoma.org |
The Japoma Stadium is a 50,000-capacity all-seater multi-purpose stadium in Douala, Cameroon. It is part of a sports complex that also consists of an indoor arena for basketball, handball, futsal and volleyball, tennis courts and an 8-lane Olympic-size swimming pool, as well as conference and commercial centres, a hotel and a parking lot. The stadium also has an athletic track.[2] [3]
The Japoma Stadium costed around $232 million, with 85% of the project financed by Turkish Türk Eximbank.[4] [5]
It hosted some matches of the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations. It also hosted the 2024 African Championships in Athletics.
The construction of the Japoma Stadium began on February 21, 2017 and is completed.[6] [7] The stadium was designed by British firm AECOM and management of the construction was entrusted to Leonardo Cameroun sarl, which belongs to Italian Leonardo srl.[8]