The Nelspruit Stadium

5. Nelspruit

This is the old name of Mbombela city. Nelspruit was founded in 1905 by three brothers of the Nel family who grazed their cattle around the site of Nelspruit during the winter months.

The stadium is called Mbombela Stadium now.

Capacity: 43,000 people more.

Matches

2010-06-16 13:30 Honduras vs. Chile Group H
2010-06-20 16:00 Italy vs. New Zealand Group F
2010-06-23 20:30 Australia vs. Serbia Group D
2010-06-25 16:00 Korea DPR vs. Cote d'lvoire Group G


The stadium is located on open land six kilometers west of Nelspruit, South Africa, with the stadium as the centerpiece of a proposed wider sports precinct with athletics and cricket as well as other sporting codes.

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