Inauguration Of The Laurent Pokou Stadium In San Pedro A Major Milestone In TotalEnergies AFCON 2023 Preparations

The Laurent Pokou Stadium in San Pedro, one of many venues for the TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations Cote d’Ivoire 2023, was formally inaugurated on Saturday, 09 September 2023 by each Ivorian and CAF officers.

The hand-over and official opening of the stadium is one other milestone within the journey of Cote d’Ivoire and CAF in preparations for subsequent 12 months’s TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations 2023.

Out of the six venues for use in January 2024, three have already hosted check matches. They’re Charles Konan Banny Stadium in Yamoussoukro and Stade de la Paix, in Bouaké.

On Tuesday, the Alassane Outtara Stadium in Ebimpe will host a check match between Cote d’Ivoire and Mali.

On Saturday, 09 September, the newly-built Laurent Pokou Stadium in San Pedro hosted its first official match when Cote d’Ivoire beat Lesotho 1-0 in a TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations 2023 Cote d’Ivoire Qualifier.

Named in honour of the long-lasting Ivorian striker, Laurent Pokou, the Stadium has a capability of 20 000. Nottingham Forest midfielder Ibrahim Sangaré scored the first-ever objective on the model new stadium on Saturday.

COCAN Vice-President and FIF President, Idriss Yacine Diallo, added: “The Ivorian authorities have made each effort to make sure that the groups certified for the ultimate section have optimum circumstances in the course of the competitors in Côte d’Ivoire. We have now come right here to San Pedro a number of instances with the CAF delegations to make sure the progress of the work. We’re very proud to be again on this stunning stadium, which efficiently hosted Lesotho on Saturday.”

’’We’re satisfied that, as was the case in Yamoussoukro in the course of the inauguration of the Charles Konan Banny Stadium and in Bouaké on the event of the inauguration of the Stade de la Paix, the Laurent Pokou Stadium in San Pedro met all our expectations .”

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