Daejeon World Cup Stadium
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| Daejeon World Cup Stadium | |
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| Purple Arena | |
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| Location | San 11-4, Noeun-dong, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, Republic of Korea |
| Broke ground | December 1998 |
| Opened | September 13, 2001 |
| Operator | Daejeon City |
| Surface | Grass |
| Construction cost | 143.9 billion won |
| Capacity | 40,535 |
| Tenants | |
| Daejeon Citizen | |
Daejeon World Cup Stadium, nicknamed "Purple Arena", is a football stadium in the South Korean city of Daejeon. It was used to host some matches of the 2002 World Cup (South Africa vs Spain, Poland vs USA and South Korea vs Italy) .
After the World Cup it became the stadium of Daejeon Citizen with a capacity of 41,295 seats. It replaced Daejeon Sports Complex.
2002 FIFA World Cup [edit]
The stadium was one of the venues of the 2002 FIFA World Cup, and held the following matches:
| Date | Team #1 | Res. | Team #2 | Round |
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| 2002-06-12 |  South Africa |
2-3 |  Spain |
Group B |
| 2002-06-14 |  Poland |
3-1 |  United States |
Group D |
| 2002-06-18 |  South Korea |
2-1 |  Italy |
Round of 16 |
References [edit]
- ‘CITIZEN'의 자존심! 대전 월드컵 경기장 - Dream stadium of K-League (Korean)
External links [edit]
- Official Site (Korean)
- Daejeon Sports Facilities Management Center (Korean)
- Daejeon Sports Facilities Management Center (English)
- Daejeon Citizen Official Site (Korean)
- World Stadiums
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Coordinates: 36°21′54.5″N 127°19′30.6″E / 36.365139°N 127.325167°E
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