Back ملعب جابوما Arabic Estadi Japoma Catalan Stade Omnisport de Douala German Στάδιο Τζαπόμα Greek Estadio Japoma Spanish Complexe multisports de Japoma French Stadion Japoma Croatian Stadion Japoma ID Complesso polisportivo di Japoma Italian Japomastadion Dutch
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| Full name | Stade de Japoma |
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| Location | Japoma, Douala, Cameroon |
| Coordinates | 4°00′20″N 9°49′31″E / 4.00556°N 9.82528°E |
| Owner | Cameroonian Football Federation |
| Capacity | 50,000 |
| Surface | Grass |
| Scoreboard | Yes |
| Construction | |
| Broke ground | February 21, 2017 |
| Opened | December 29, 2020 [1] |
| Construction cost | $232 million (estimated) |
| Architect | AECOM |
| General contractor | Yenigün Construction Industry |
| 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.
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- ^ "Cameroon To Construct Massive Sporting Complex To Host AFCON 2019". Cameroon Concord. November 6, 2016. Archived from the original on December 1, 2017. Retrieved January 21, 2017.
- ^ "Turkish firm to build Cameroon's biggest sports complex". Hurriyet Daily News. November 3, 2016.