{{Short description|Stadium in Nauru}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2021}} {{Infobox stadium | name = Denig Stadium | nickname = | image = Nauru Denigomodu-Nibok.jpg | caption = | fullname = | location = Nibok, Nauru | coordinates = {{coords| 0.52000|S|166.92000|E}} | broke_ground = | built = | opened = | renovated = | expanded = | closed = | demolished = | owner = | operator = | surface = Gravel | construction_cost = | architect = | structural_engineer = | services_engineer = | general_contractor = | project_manager = | main_contractors = | former_names = | tenants = Nauru national soccer team (formerly) | seating_capacity = 1,000 | dimensions = | scoreboard = }}
'''Denig Stadium''' is a soccer stadium on the island nation of Nauru. It is located in Nibok and has a capacity of 1,000 spectators.<ref name="Stadiums in Nauru">{{cite web |title=Stadiums in Nauru |url=http://www.worldstadiums.com/oceania/countries/nauru.shtml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160809151035/http://www.worldstadiums.com/oceania/countries/nauru.shtml |url-status=dead |archive-date=9 August 2016 |publisher=World Stadiums |access-date=31 July 2021 }}</ref> The stadium is at times unusable as it is also used as a storage area for shipping containers.<ref name="Sightseeing in Nauru">{{cite web |title=Sightseeing in Nauru |date=4 December 2017 |url=https://passportparty.ch/2017/12/04/sightseeing-in-nauru-travel-information/ |publisher=Passport Party |access-date=31 July 2021}}</ref>
==History== The stadium hosted soccer in Nauru until 2004, the last time an organized league was played on the island.<ref name="Stadiums">{{cite web |title=Stadiums |url=http://outfifa.blogspot.com/p/stadiums.html |publisher=OutFIFA |access-date=31 July 2021}}</ref> The six-team league which played out of the stadium was dissolved after the foreign workers of the Nauru Phosphate Corporation left the country.<ref name="Sightseeing in Nauru"/>
A Nauru team played a friendly against a refugees team from the Nauru Regional Processing Centre at the stadium in front of dozens of spectators. The association football match took place on 20 June 2014 in celebration of World Refugee Day.<ref name="World Refugee Day">{{cite web |title=Nauru Honours World Refugee Day |url=http://www.naurugov.nr/government-information-office/media-release/nauru-honours-world-refugee-day.aspx |publisher=Government of Nauru |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190824210958/http://www.naurugov.nr/government-information-office/media-release/nauru-honours-world-refugee-day.aspx |access-date=31 July 2021|archive-date=24 August 2019 }}</ref><ref name="Nauru 2014">{{cite web |title=Nauru 2014 |website=RSSSF |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesn/nauru2014.html |access-date=31 July 2021}}</ref>
The stadium was proposed as a host venue in Nauru's unsuccessful bid to host the 2017 Pacific Mini Games. As part of the proposal, the stadium was to be resurfaced for rugby training.<ref name="The Dream of a Nation">{{cite web |title=The Dream of a Nation |url=https://websites.mygameday.app/get_file.cgi?id=1375697 |publisher=Nauru Olympic Committee |access-date=31 July 2021}}</ref>
==See also== * Linkbelt Oval * Meneñ Stadium * New Nauru Stadium
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Category:Sports venues in Nauru Nauru Category:Soccer venues in Nauru Category:Nibok