Libya pick Benina Stadium for clash with Nigeria

Libya have opted to host their Morocco 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Nigeria at the Martyrs of Benina Stadium, some 19 kilometres outside the country’s second city, Benghazi.

Known previously as Hugo Chávez Stadium, the stadium is a 10,000-capacity facility with an artificial turf.

Both countries will do a Match Day 3 battle at the Akwa Ibom International Stadium, Uyo, on October 11, before the clash in the city at the edge of the Mediterranean Sea on October 15.
While the match in Uyo will kick off at 5.00 p.m., the battle in Benina will commence at 8.00 p.m. Nigerian time.

Libya is bottom of Group D after two rounds of matches, following a 1-1 draw at home to Rwanda (a game that was played at the Tripoli International Stadium), and a 1-2 loss to the Cheetahs of Benin Republic, in Abidjan.

Nigeria tops the pool with four points, after a 3-0 spanking of Benin Republic, in Uyo, on Match Day 1, and a scoreless draw with Rwanda’s Amavubi in Kigali on Match Day 2.