Ellis Park Stadium

Ellis Park Stadium
Ellis Park at the 2010 World Cup
Data
place	Johannesburg , South Africa
Coordinates	26 ° 11 '51.2 "  S , 28 ° 3' 38.7"  E Coordinates: 26 ° 11 '51.2 "  S , 28 ° 3' 38.7"  E
opening	1928
Renovations	2009
surface	Natural grass
costs	40 million rand (3.5 million € )
capacity	70,000
Societies)
Orlando Pirates ( soccer ) Lions ( rugby ) Golden Lions ( Rugby )
Events
Rugby Union World Cup 1995 British and Irish Lions Tour 2009 Confederations Cup 2009 Soccer World Cup 2010

The Ellis Park Stadium (English Ellis Park Stadium , named after the Johannesburg city councilor JD Ellis) is a stadium in Johannesburg , the largest city in South Africa .

history

After the question of a venue had been virulent since the founding of the Transvaal Rugby Football Union and also seemed more and more urgent because of the dispute between various Johannesburg clubs, an area of ​​abandoned quarries was found in Johannesburg's Doornfontein district in 1927 and approved by the city under the negotiating direction of City Councilor Ellis 13 Leased acres of land. The stadium was inaugurated in June of the following year. This first stadium was the record number of 100,000 visitors in the rugby international match against England in 1955.

After the old stadium was demolished in 1979, the current stadium was built by 1982, which initially held around 60,000 spectators and was renovated again and expanded to 70,000 seats before the 2010 World Cup.

Usage and events

The football clubs Gauteng Lions , named after the province, and the Orlando Pirates play their home games in Ellis Park . The stadium is also home to two rugby teams, the Lions ( Super 14 ) and the Golden Lions ( Currie Cup ).

The final of the 1995 Rugby Union World Cup took place in Ellis Park , which the hosts South Africa won against New Zealand 15:12 after extra time. In 2010 it was the venue for a total of seven matches in the 2010 soccer World Cup .

Ellis Park is the focal point in a large sports park in the east of Johannesburg . In the immediate vicinity are the athletics stadium of Johannesburg, the tennis stadium Standard Bank Stadium and the Olympic swimming stadium. Football, rugby and music events are held in the stadium.

Special

On June 24, 1995 the Boeing 747-244B " Lebombo " of the airline South African Airways flew low over the stadium under flight captain Laurie Kay before the start of the final of the Rugby Union World Cup. She carried on the underside of the clearly visible words "Good Luck Bokke" ( "Good luck Springboks ").

On April 11, 2001, a mass panic broke out in this stadium, in which 43 people were trampled to death or crushed between bars. During the game between the two top teams Kaizer Chiefs and Orlando Pirates , thousands of football fans who had not received a ticket stormed the already overcrowded stadium. Almost 200 other people were injured, some seriously, in the disaster.

Games of the 1995 Rugby Union World Cup in Johannesburg / Ellis Park

Group games

• Group C - May 27, 1995: New Zealand - Ireland 43:19  
• Group C - MAY 31, 1995: New Zealand - Wales 34: 9  
• Group C - JUNE 4, 1995: Ireland - Wales 24:23  

Quarter finals

• June 10 1995: South Africa - Samoa 42:14  

final

• June 24, 1995: South Africa - New Zealand 3:12 p.m.  

Games of the British and Irish Lions Tour 2009 in Johannesburg / Ellis-Park

Friendly match

• June 3, 2009: Golden Lions - British and Irish Lions 10:74 

3rd international match

• June 27, 2009: South Africa - British and Irish Lions 9:28 am 

Games of the Confederations Cup 2009 in Johannesburg / Ellis-Park

Group games

• Group A - June 14th 2009, 16:00: South Africa - Iraq 0: 0
• Group B - June 18, 2009, 20:30 pm: Egypt - Italy 1: 0 (1: 0)
• Group A - June 20, 2009, 8:30 p.m .: Iraq 0-0 New Zealand

Semifinals

• June 25th 2009, 20:30: Brazil - South Africa 1: 0 (0: 0)

final

• June 28, 2009, 8:30 p.m .: USA - Brazil 2: 3 (2: 0)

Games of the Soccer World Cup 2010 in Johannesburg / Ellis-Park

Group games

• Group B - June 12th 2010, 16:00: Argentina - Nigeria 1: 0 (1: 0)
• Group G - June 15th 2010, 20:30: Brazil - North Korea 2: 1 (0: 0)
• Group C - June 18, 2010 16:00: Slovenia - USA 2: 2 (2: 0)
• Group H - June 21, 2010, 20:30 pm: Spain - Honduras 2: 0 (1: 0)
• Group F - June 24, 2010, 16:00 pm: Slovakia - Italy 3: 2 (1: 0)

Round of 16

• June 28, 2010, 8:30 p.m.: Brazil - Chile 3: 0 (2: 0)

Quarter finals

• July 3, 2010, 8:30 p.m .: Paraguay - Spain 0: 1 (0: 0)  

See also

• List of the largest football stadiums in the world

Individual evidence

1. ^ History ( Memento from June 1, 2013 in the Internet Archive )

Web links

Commons : Ellis Park Stadium  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website ( memento from June 6, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
• Ellis Park Stadium