Kiribati’s new stadium is being built

Bairiki National Stadium is the biggest football stadium in Kiribati and it is used by Kiribati National Football Team. However it has never been used for an international match because Kiribati have never played an international football match at home, due to the fact that the pitch surface in the stadium is sand, not grass which is required.

According o local people there is only one football pitch with grass surface in the country – The Mormon Soccer Field. However this field is small and does not match international requirements for football pitches dimensions.

This new stadium will solve some problems and it is going to allow Kiribati National Team to play at home. Furthermore it would help them to join FIFA because having a football stadium with a grass pitch is one of the requirements to join the biggest entity of international football.

There is no reliable information about which kind of grass will be used in this new stadium but it seems that it is going to be a grass carpet pitch. Oceania Football Center keeps investigating to bring reliable information about the new football stadium in Kiribati.