National Stadium (Tokyo, 1958)

National stadium
National Stadium (2004)
Data
place	Shinjuku , Tokyo , Japan
Coordinates	35 ° 40 ′ 41 "  N , 139 ° 42 ′ 53"  E Coordinates: 35 ° 40 ′ 41 "  N , 139 ° 42 ′ 53"  E
owner	Nihon Sports Shinko Center
opening	March 1958
demolition	December 2014
surface	Natural grass
architect	Mitsuo Katayama
capacity	57,363 seats
playing area	107 m × 71 m
Societies)
Japanese national soccer team
Events
Asian Games 1958 1964 Summer Olympics 1967 Summer Universiade Imperial Cup since 1967 World Cup 1980-2001 World Athletics Championships 1991 Yamazaki Nabisco Cup 1992–1993, 1996, since 1998 Japanese Football Supercup 1994–2004, 2006–2010, since 2012 FIFA Club World Cup 2005 , 2006 , 2007 , 2008 AFC Champions League Final 2009 2012 Women's U-20 World Cup

The National Athletics Stadium Kasumigaoka ( Jap. 国立霞ヶ丘陸上競技場 Kokuritsu Kasumigaoka Rikujō Kyōgijō ; briefly National Stadium , 国立競技場 Kokuritsu Kyōgijō ;. Coll Olympic Stadium ) in Kasumigaoka, district Shinjuku , was the main venue for the 1964 Summer Olympics and was most recently a capacity of 57,363 seats . In 2014 it was demolished and replaced by a new building.

history

The sports facility was opened as a national stadium in 1958 . The first major event was the Asian Games in 1958. Another major sporting event after the Olympic Games was the 1991 World Athletics Championships .

From 1980 to 2001 the Olympic Stadium hosted the World Cup for football clubs. The stadium also hosted the final of the Kaiser Cup (cup competition in Japanese football ) on January 1st and the final of the Yamazaki Nabisco Cup , the Japanese Supercup, on November 3rd . It was also the venue for the FIFA Club World Cup .

The stadium was owned by the Nihon Sports Shinkō Center ( 日本 ス ポ ー ツ 振興 セ ン タ ー , German  "Japanese Sports Promotion Center" ), a self-governing body of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology .

From December 2014 to May 2015 it was demolished and the new national stadium for the 2020 Summer Olympics was built on the same site .

See also

• List of the largest football stadiums in the world

Web links

Commons : National Stadium (Tokyo)  - Collection of images

• Dates and pictures in: stadiumdb.com (English)
• Japan Sport Council website In: jpnsport.go.jp (Japanese, English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ List of Japanese stadiums (Kanto) In: worldstadiums.com (English)
2. ↑ Demolition of the Olympic Stadium is delayed. In: stadionwelt.de , October 7, 2014
3. ↑ The expensive new stadium for the 2020 Olympics remains a bone of contention. In: japanmarkt.de , May 19, 2015