National Hockey Stadium, Lahore

National Hockey Stadium (a.k.a. Gadaffi Hockey Stadium) is a purpose-built field hockey stadium in Lahore, Pakistan. It is the biggest field hockey stadium in the world. The stadium has a capacity of 45,000 spectators.[1] It hosted the 1990 Hockey World Cup Final, where the hosts were defeated 3–1 by the Netherlands. later in 2004 it hosted Champions trophy then in Jan 2018 World XI and Hall of Fame, also hosted Haier Hockey Series Open in Dec 2018. It is named after former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi.

National Hockey Stadium
National Hockey Stadium
Full nameNational Hockey Stadium
LocationLahore, Pakistan
Capacity45,000
SurfaceOstrotroph
Tenants
Pakistan national field hockey team

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