The Sir John Guise Stadium is a multi-sport and athletics venue located in Port Moresby , the capital city of Papua New Guinea , and is part of the larger Sir John Guise Sports Precinct which also includes an indoor arena, beach volleyball/hockey court, and aquatics center. The stadium is named after Sir John Guise , the first Governor-General of Papua New Guinea .
6-503: The stadium was opened in 1991 to host the South Pacific Games that year. The stadium had an original capacity of approximately 5,000 spectators. On 27 September 2009, Papua New Guinea was chosen to host the 2015 Pacific Games . The stadium was chosen, along with Lloyd Robson Oval , Taurama Swimming Pool, and the new Konedobu Stadium, as venues for the games. Renovations to the facility included: renovation and expansion of
12-560: The PNG Hunters and the Souths Logan Magpies in the 14th round of the 2015 Queensland Cup . It also hosted the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2015 Pacific Games. The stadium hosted all matches of the 2016 OFC Nations Cup , the regional championship which also served as qualification for the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup and the second round of qualification for 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification . The stadium
18-477: The 1991 Games, which had more athletes and competitions than Auckland's 1990 Commonwealth Games . ^b Western Samoa initially took the men's basketball gold medal but the team was disqualified after a citizenship controversy, in which players were deemed ineligible. ^c Squash: There were individual and team events for men and women. PNG won all four gold medals. The South Pacific Games Council had announced in 1978 that squash would be included in
24-410: The existing grandstand, new player facilities, offices and lounges, locker rooms, media centre, medical stations, an increase in seating from approximately 5,000 to 15,000 spectators, new broadcast quality lighting, public address system, scoreboard, and the installation of an IAAF -certified athletic track. The stadium was officially opened and tested on 12 June 2015 with a Rugby league match between
30-495: Was also one of the venues for the 2016 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup . 1991 South Pacific Games The 9th South Pacific Games , also known as Port Moresby 1991 ( Tok Pisin : Pot Mosbi 1991 ) held on 7–21 September 1991 in Port Moresby and Lae , Papua New Guinea , was the ninth edition of the South Pacific Games . This was the first time that events at one games had been held in two cities. The decision to do so
36-479: Was to allow both locations to benefit from the construction of new facilities. Host nation Papua New Guinea topped the medal table for the first time at a South Pacific Games with a total of 100 medals won. Sixteen Pacific nations participated in the Games: 17 sports were contested at the 1991 South Pacific Games: Medals were awarded in a total of 164 events: ^a More than 2,000 athletes took part in
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