Sports forum Chemnitz
| Sports forum Chemnitz | |
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| Main stadium | |
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Südkampfbahn (1926–1938) |
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| place |
 Chemnitz-Bernsdorf , Germany
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| Coordinates | 50 ° 48 '21 " N , 12 ° 56' 5" E |
| opening | 1926 |
| surface | Natural grass |
| capacity | 18,500 |
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The Sportforum Chemnitz in the Bernsdorf district is a sports facility in Chemnitz . The Chemnitz sports high school with boarding school is also located on its premises .
description
The main stadium with soccer field and athletics facility has a spectator capacity of 18,500 seats, the nearby athletics hall with competition facility, training facility and sprint track offers 1,450 spectators. The cycling track (cement oval) located southwest of the main stadium has a seating capacity of 15,000. In addition to the main stadium, a large hard court, which can also be used as a pitch for athletics, a small hard court and an artificial turf field complement the sports forum. The 50 m swimming pool has eight competition lanes in the competition pool and a flow channel for load control. The hall, built in 1970, was given a sliding roof in 1976. The boxer / wrestler hall has two stationary boxing rings and a stationary wrestling mat. Two gymnasiums with built-in equipment serve as a federal base for gymnastics, the game hall can be used as a training hall with three playing fields for basketball and volleyball or a playing field for handball. The sports forum is completed by a judo hall that has three competition mats.
history
The Sportforum Chemnitz emerged from the facilities of the Südkampfbahn built in 1926. 1928 took place with the game of Chemnitzer BC against Hamburger SV (4: 2) the inauguration. Even before that, provisional sporting events were held on this site from 1921. Between 1933 and 1938 the Südkampfbahn was expanded and renamed "Großkampfbahn". Between 1938 and 1945 it was used as a parade ground and flak position. After 1945, the ruins of the city center were brought into the area, whereupon a cycling track was laid out from 1950. In the same year it was renamed “Ernst-Thälmann-Stadion”. The facility has been known as the “Sportforum” since German reunification. In the sports forum, Chemnitzer FC occasionally played its home games and all European cup games.
Today the Sportforum is the training ground of the CFC as well as partially the venue of its second team, the women's team and the youth teams.
Football international matches in the sports forum
- German national soccer team ; 1938–1939 (2 international matches)
- National soccer team of the GDR ; 1956–1990 (9 international matches)
