Aberdeen Sports Ground (Chinese: 香港仔運動場) is a rugby union and football sports ground situated at 108 Wong Chuk Hang Road, Aberdeen, Hong Kong. It is the home stadium of Hong Kong Premier League football club Southern and Global Rapid Rugby rugby union team South China Tigers.
 Aberdeen Sports Ground viewed from Bennet's Hill | |
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| Location | 108 Wong Chuk Hang Road, Aberdeen, Hong Kong |
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| Coordinates | 22°15′00″N 114°10′21″E / 22.250087°N 114.172398°E |
| Public transit | Ocean Park station |
| Owner | Hong Kong Government |
| Operator | Leisure and Cultural Services Department |
| Capacity | 9,000 |
| Field size | 98 x 62 metres (107 x 68 yards) |
| Surface | Grass |
| Opened | 1971 |
| Tenants | |
| Football Southern Rugby Union South China Tigers | |
Inside the stadium, there is one running track (6 lanes, 400m) and one natural grass pitch.
Aberdeen Sports Ground is also the venue for 30 Hour Famine in Hong Kong.[1]
After successfully gaining the right to play in the 2012–13 season on 8 April 2012, Southern continued to use Aberdeen Sports Ground as their home ground in the First Division.
As a result of Typhoon Mangkhut in September 2018, Aberdeen Sports Ground's West stand and canopy were damaged and deemed unusable.[2] In November, a temporary canopy was erected over the East stand in order to allow for the remainder of Southern's home matches to be played at the stadium.[3]
On 21 June 2019, the Leisure and Cultural Services Department announced that renovation work had begun on the stadium and that the facility would be closed to the public until 31 March 2020.[4]
References
edit- ^ "Hong Kong | English". DHL. 2003-09-30. Retrieved 2010-08-04.
- ^ "傑志中心嚴重水浸場地翻起 操練要「打游擊」 香港仔運動場上蓋再穿大洞". Ming Pao. Retrieved 17 September 2018. (in Chinese)
- ^ Lai, Hoi Yung. "香港仔運動場破損嚴重看台飛甩 11月底料修葺完畢重開". HK01. Retrieved 20 August 2019. (in Chinese)
- ^ "香港仔運動場暫停開放". LCSD. Retrieved 21 June 2019. (in Chinese)
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