Al-Sadaqua Walsalam Stadium

Al-Sadaqua Walsalam Stadium
(Peace and Friendship Stadium)
Former names Kazma Stadium
Location Kuwait Adiliya, Kuwait City, Kuwait
Capacity 21,500[1]
Surface Grass
Tenants
Kazma
Kuwait national football team
Gulf Cup 1990
Gulf Cup 2003
2012 West Asian Football Federation Championship

The Al-Sadaqua Walsalam Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Adiliya Kuwait City, Kuwait. It is currently used mostly for football matches. The stadium holds 21,500.[2] It is the 2nd largest stadium in Kuwait and is the home ground for Kazma.The Stadium hosted many final of both Kuwait Emir Cup and Kuwait Crown Cup. In addition, 2 Gulf Cup Tournaments were held in this Stadium the first in 1990 in which Kuwait won the 1990 Gulf Cup of Nations Trophy and second in 2003, where they finished 6th.

This stadium is the home ground for Kazma

Naming

Its name means "Friendship and Peace", a name it earned when it was host to a football match between Iraq and Iran after the end of the first Gulf War for the 1989 Peace and Friendship Cup.

Greece

Greece also has a stadium called Peace and Friendship Stadium (Στάδιο Ειρήνης και Φιλίας) in Piraeus.

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Coordinates: 29°19′44″N 47°59′16″E / 29.329004°N 47.987691°E / 29.329004; 47.987691


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