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Coffs Harbour International Stadium

Former names	BCU International Stadium (2007–10)
Location	Coffs Harbour, New South Wales
Coordinates	30°19′22″S 153°05′43″E / 30.32278°S 153.09528°E / -30.32278; 153.09528
Owner	Coffs Harbour City Council
Operator	Coffs Harbour Sports Unit
Capacity	10,000 - seating 3,000
Surface	Grass
Construction
Broke ground	1992
Opened	June 1994
Architect	Various
Website
https://www.coffscoastevents.com.au/c-ex-coffs-international-stadium/
Ground information
International information
First WODI	27 November 2016:  Australia v  South Africa
Last WODI	29 October 2017:  Australia v  England
As of 8 September 2020 Source: CricketArchive

The Coffs Harbour International Stadium (known as the C.ex Coffs International Stadium under a sponsorship arrangement) is an Australian stadium located in the coastal city of Coffs Harbour, New South Wales.

The stadium was opened in June 1994, and has a capacity of 20,000 people, although the seating capacity in the stand is only 1,000. The record attendance for a sporting event is 12,000.

The stadium claims a place in the FIFA World Cup records as the venue for the highest scoring match in World Cup qualification history. It hosted the match in which Australia beat American Samoa 31–0 on 11 April 2001.

North Coast Football play their Over 35s matches and finals matches at Coffs Harbour International Stadium.

The stadium regularly hosts NRL trial matches, and since 2021, hosts an annual Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks home game. The stadium also hosts at least one Sydney Sixers game every BBL season and formerly hosted ING Cup cricket matches involving the New South Wales Blues. For the past two years it has hosted the FFA National Youth Championships.

The stadium hosted 2007 and 2013's City vs Country Origin rugby league match.

The AFL North Coast has played its finals and Grand Finals at the Stadium every year since 1994. The League also hosts a junior representative carnival, the Northern NSW Championship, at the venue each year. The Championship involves under age representative teams from the AFL North Coast, AFL Illawarra and AFL Hunter/Central Coast.

Touch Football

The stadium annually plays host to major events on the Touch Football calendar in Australia. The National Touch League is contested each year during March by the 13 permits from around Australia. The event features some of the best players from around Australia and the world.

Attendance records

Top 10 Sports Attendance Records

As of 12 July 2024

References

1. "Coffs Harbour City Council - BCU International Stadium". Archived from the original on 1 September 2007. Retrieved 24 June 2007.
2. "C.ex Coffs International Stadium". Austadiums. Retrieved 12 June 2022.
3. BCU International Stadium Archived 2007-09-01 at the Wayback Machine, City of Coffs Harbour.
4. Matildas want a sea of gold Archived 2007-08-30 at the Wayback Machine, The Coffs Coast Advocate, 6 June 2007.

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