International Stadium Yokohama

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Entrance to International Stadium Yokohama (Nissan Stadium)
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Entrance to International Stadium Yokohama (Nissan Stadium)

The International Stadium of Yokohama (横浜国際総合競技場 Yokohama Kokusai Sōgō Kyōgi-jō?) is a sports venue in Yokohama, Japan. The stadium has 73,237 seats, and was inaugurated in March 1998. It is the home stadium of Yokohama F. Marinos of the J. League. and It hosted the 1998 53rd National Sports Festival of Japan main stadium.

It hosted three first-round games during the Football World Cup 2002, and the final game between Germany and Brazil was played there on June 30, 2002 (the game was won by Brazil, 2–0).

From March 1, 2005, its name was changed to Nissan Stadium (日産スタジアム Nissan Sutajiamu?) to reflect the sponsorship of the Nissan Motor Co.

It hosted some matches of the 2005 FIFA Club World Championship, including the final. During the tournament, its name was temporarily reverted to the original due to FIFA requirements (FIFA does not recognise sponsorship of stadia at official FIFA events).

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Preceded by
Stade de France
St-Denis
FIFA World Cup
Final Venue

2002
Succeeded by
Olympiastadion
Berlin


Venues of the 2002 FIFA World Cup Korea/Japan
South Korea
Busan | Daegu | Daejeon | Gwangju | Incheon | Jeju | Jeonju | Seoul | Suwon | Ulsan
Japan
Kashima | Kobe | Miyagi | Niigata | Ōita | Osaka | Saitama | Sapporo | Shizuoka | Yokohama