Kobe Universiade Memorial Stadium

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Kobe Universiade Memorial Stadium
The Kobe Universiade Memorial Stadium in Kobe
The Kobe Universiade Memorial Stadium in Kobe
Data
place JapanJapan Kobe , Japan
Coordinates 34 ° 40 ′ 56.5 "  N , 135 ° 4 ′ 49.2"  E Coordinates: 34 ° 40 ′ 56.5 "  N , 135 ° 4 ′ 49.2"  E
owner City of Kobe
opening 1985
surface Natural grass
capacity 45,000 seats
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Events

The Kobe Universiade Memorial Stadium ( Japanese 神 戸 総 合 運動 公園 ユ ニ バ ー 記念 競技場 , Kobe sōgō undō kōen yunibā kinen kyōgijō ) is a football stadium with an athletics facility in the Suma-ku district of the Japanese city ​​of Kobe . The sports facility is part of the Kobe Sports Park .

history

The stadium was built for the 1985 Summer Universiade . After initially 60,000 seats, the stadium currently offers 45,000 seats to visitors. Only the main grandstand of the facility has a roof. There is a video scoreboard in the grandstand of the north curve. The stadium is mainly used for athletics , soccer , rugby and American football .

The football club Vissel Kobe from the J. League Division 1 was based in the stadium until 2002. After the move in 2003 to the modern Home's Stadium Kobe , which has 30,132 seats , a football World Cup stadium from 2002, the venue is used for Vissel games with a high number of spectators. The English national soccer team played their last test match before the soccer world cup 2002 against Cameroon on May 26th of the year in the stadium of Kobe.

In 2006 the venue hosted the National Sports Festival of Japan . The 2011 Asian Athletics Championships made a stop in the stadium of Kobe. In August 2012, the wide area was the venue for six group games of the U-20 Women's World Cup .

The Japanese national rugby union team met in May 2007 on the selection of the Classic All Blacks (25:36). In addition, the Kobe Steel Kobelco Steelers from the Japanese Rugby Union - Top League occasionally play games in the stadium.

The Kobe Sports Park includes a. the multi-purpose hall Kobe Green Arena with 6,000 seats, in which u. a. Group matches of the 2008 Volleyball World Grand Prix were held. The second largest sports facility in the park with 35,000 seats is the Kobe Sports Park Baseball Stadium , built in 1988 , which was mainly used by the Orix Buffaloes until 2006 and is currently sponsored by the Hotto Motto Field Kobe .

Recopa Sudamericana

So far, the Recopa Sudamericana , comparable to the UEFA Super Cup , has been held four times ( 1992 , 1994 , 1996 , 1997 ) in the Kobe Universiade Memorial Stadium.

gallery

  • The uncovered opposite stand

  • Panorama of the Kobe Universiade Memorial Stadium

  • The facility's Kobe Sports Park Baseball Stadium

Web links

Commons : Kobe Universiade Memorial Stadium  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ feel-kobe.jp: Information about the Kobe Sports Park (English)
  2. ↑ de.soccerway.com: Stadium capacity
  3. ↑ kobe-park.or.jp: Use of the stadium (Japanese)