On August 30, according to a report by Xiamen Daily, for the match between the national football team and Japan, Egret Stadium will continue to maintain its athletics mode without switching to football mode.
Chen Lan, Deputy Director of Xiamen Municipal Sports Bureau, said in an interview with our newspaper yesterday that for this match, Egret Stadium will continue to maintain its athletics mode without switching to football mode.
Egret Stadium is the first stadium in China and the third in the world capable of converting between football and athletics modes through automatic retractable stands. It can accommodate 60,592 seats in football mode and 53,405 seats in athletics mode.
From October 26 to November 1 last year, Egret Stadium hosted six matches of the Paris Olympic Women’s Football Qualifiers for the Asian zone, including the Chinese women’s national team’s group stage. This was the first international A-level football event ever held in Xiamen’s history. One year later, Egret Stadium will host an international A-level football event for the second time.
Notably, starting from the match on November 19, Xiamen will host three major international A-level sports events within half a year. On April 26 next year, the third season of the World Athletics Diamond League Xiamen Station will be held at Egret Stadium. From April 27 to May 4 next year, the 19th Sudirman Cup World Badminton Mixed Team Championships will take place at Phoenix Gymnasium, adjacent to Egret Stadium.