The Qayyum Stadium, also known as Peshawar Stadium, is a multi-purpose stadium in Peshawar, the capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in Pakistan. The sports complex is owned by the Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. It has an overall capacity of 15,000 spectators. The stadium is part of the Peshawar Sports Complex which houses several facilities for all major sports including football, field hockey, squash, wrestling, boxing, badminton and swimming.
History And Development Plans for a major public sports stadium in Peshawar were initiated in the early 1950s under the provincial government of Abdul Qayyum Khan. On 19 January 1952, a meeting of the Olympic Stadium Committee was held in Peshawar under Qyyum Khan presidentship to review progress on the proposed stadium. During this meeting, after the presentation of the 1949–51 report, members proposed that the new facility be named Qayyum Stadium. The proposal was unanimously approved, despite Abdul Qayyum Khan's own objection to having the stadium named after him. He nevertheless assured the committee of his cooperation in completing the project.
In the 1980s, the Peshawar Stadium was transferred to Pakistan Sports Board, and work was initiated to convert in into a standard sports complex including a Gymnasium Hall, Mini Hall, Squash Courts, and Sportsmen Hostel. The scheme was approved in 1983, the construction work was initiated in 1985 and completed in 1990.
Hosting history
Multi-sport events
National Games of Pakistan 2010 FATA Youth Festival 2015 National Games of Pakistan 2019
Athletics
All Pakistan Inter-varsity Athletics Championship 2012 Football events
1985 Quaid-e-Azam International Tournament
1992 Summer Olympics Asian Qualifiers (Pakistan vs Qatar) 1991 2019 PFF National Challenge Cup
Wrestling events Bacha Khan International Wrestling for Peace Championship 2012 Wrestling for Peace Festival 2012
Football tournaments The stadium was the venue for the 1985 Quaid-e-Azam International Tournament. DateTeam #1Res.Team #2RoundAttendance28 April 1985 Pakistan Greens0–0 North Korea XIGroup stageN/A28 April 19851–1 Indonesia YouthGroup stageN/A29 April 1985 North Korea XI8–1Group stageN/A29 April 1985 Pakistan Whites0–2 Indonesia YouthGroup stageN/A30 April 1985 Pakistan Greens1–0Group stageN/A30 April 1985 Pakistan Whites0–3Group stageN/A2 May 1985 Indonesia Youth0–7 North Korea XISemi-finalsN/A2 May 1985 Pakistan Greens1–3Semi-finalsN/A4 May 1985 Pakistan Greens1–3 Indonesia YouthThird-place matchN/A4 May 19850–1 North Korea XIFinalN/A
See also List of stadiums in Pakistan Arbab Niaz Stadium Peshawar Club Ground Hayatabad Sports Complex Abdul Wali Khan Sports Complex Mardan Sports Complex Pakistan Swat Sports Complex
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