DSC Hockey Stadium
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DSC Hockey Stadium is a description of a new multi-use stadium
in Dubai
, United Arab Emirates
that is currently under construction. It will mainly be used for field hockey
. It is due to open in April of 2009 and will have a capacity of 5,000 spectators. It is part of the new mixed-use sports city currently being constructed in Dubai, Dubai Sports City
. It was host the 2009
men's and women's Hockey Asia Cup
, but the tournament was moved to Malaysia.
Stadium
A modern stadium is a place or venue for outdoor sports, concerts, or other events and consists of a field or stage either partly or completely surrounded by a structure designed to allow spectators to stand or sit and view the event.)Pausanias noted that for about half a century the only event...
in Dubai
Dubai
Dubai is a city and emirate in the United Arab Emirates . The emirate is located south of the Persian Gulf on the Arabian Peninsula and has the largest population with the second-largest land territory by area of all the emirates, after Abu Dhabi...
, United Arab Emirates
United Arab Emirates
The United Arab Emirates, abbreviated as the UAE, or shortened to "the Emirates", is a state situated in the southeast of the Arabian Peninsula in Western Asia on the Persian Gulf, bordering Oman, and Saudi Arabia, and sharing sea borders with Iraq, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, and Iran.The UAE is a...
that is currently under construction. It will mainly be used for field hockey
Field hockey
Field Hockey, or Hockey, is a team sport in which a team of players attempts to score goals by hitting, pushing or flicking a ball into an opposing team's goal using sticks...
. It is due to open in April of 2009 and will have a capacity of 5,000 spectators. It is part of the new mixed-use sports city currently being constructed in Dubai, Dubai Sports City
Dubai Sports City
The Dubai Sports City is a $4 billion, mixed-use sports city currently being constructed in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The city will consist of apartment buildings as well as several sports facilities. The first structures opened in late 2007...
. It was host the 2009
2009 Men's Hockey Asia Cup
The 2009 Men's Hockey Asia Cup is the eighth tournament to date in Hockey Asia Cup for men. It was held from May 9 to May 16, 2009 in Kuantan, Pahang, Malaysia...
men's and women's Hockey Asia Cup
Hockey Asia Cup
The ASHF Asia Cup is an international men's and women's field hockey tournament governed by the Asian Hockey Federation . It was introduced in 1982 for men's competition and the women's competition was added a year later as non-official championship until the official tournament held in...
, but the tournament was moved to Malaysia.