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2013

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  24.11.2013 New stadium: Basrah International Stadium

  International football may not be back for good to Iraq, but international standards are already being met. First of the impressive new stadiums is open in Basra, the city nicknamed financial capital of Iraq. Not without problems, but it's ready for use.

2012

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  05.09.2012 Iraq: Yet another new stadium within 30 months

  Thinking of Iraq many people get the image of battlefields and war damage. But few realize that now it’s actually one of the World’s largest stadium construction sites and news of new venues being under way come nearly every month.

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  25.06.2012 Iraq: 250,000 seats in one complex?!

  As Kurdistani press agency AKnews informs, work is expected to start on a new “sports city”. This one, in Erbil, will overshadow all other complexes like this with its scale. Four largest venues are set to hold 250,000 people altogether.