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| February,
1981, Piraes, Greece |
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killed in an end of match stampede for exits.
Greek
FA 
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| 1981,
Ibague, Columbia |
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18
killed and 45 injured when a wall collapsed during
a match between Deportes Tolima and Deportivo
Cali.
Columbian
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| July,
1982, Moscow, Russia |
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77
killed when fans leaving the National Stadium
tried to re-enter the stands after a last minute
goal in a UEFA cup tie between Spartak Moscow
and Haarlem. Unofficial reports put the death
toll at 340.
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National Stadium 
Spartak Moscow FC 
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| November,
1982, Algiers, Africa |
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10
killed after a concrete roof collapsed inside
a stadium.
Algerian
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| November,
1982, Cali, Columbia |
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24
killed and 250 injured after drunken youths urinated
from an upper tier of the Pascual Guerrero Stadium,
provoking a stampede below.
Pascual
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| May,
1985, Bradford, England |
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56
killed and more than 200 injured when fire engulfed
the main stand at the Valley Parade Stadium.
Bradford
City FC 
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| May,
1985, Mexico City, Mexico |
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trampled to death and 29 injured when fans tried
to force entry into a stadium to see a domestic
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| March,
1988, Tripoli, Libya |
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30
killed and 40 injured when a stand collapsed just
before half-time during a friendly international
between Libya and Malta being watched by a crowd
of 65,000. Fans panicked after a man brandishing
a knife or gun went berserk. Hundreds rushed for
the exit and a wall collapsed under their weight
at the back of the stands.
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| March,
1988, Katmandu, Nepal |
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70
killed when a sudden electric storm provoked a
stampede towards locked exits at Nepal's National
Stadium during a match between Janakpur of Nepal
and Muktijodha of Bangladesh.
Football
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| April,
1989, Sheffield, England |
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95
killed and 200 injured in Britain's worst sports
disaster. Too many fans were allowed into the
Leppings Lane End at Hillsborough, Sheffield,
crushing others against the perimeter fence at
an FA Cup semi-final between Liverpool and Nottingham
Forrest. The total number of deaths became 96
when Tony Bland died after being in a coma for
almost four years.
Hillsborough
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| May,
1989, Lagos, Nigeria |
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killed and a player died on the field during a World
Cup tie between Nigeria and Angola. Nigerian winger
Sam Okwaaraji collapsed from exhaustion in the 82nd
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| July,
1990, Mogadishu, Somalia |
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7
killed and 18 injured after President Mohammed
Siad Barre's bodyguards opened fire to quell a
disturbance.
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