Busan Asiad Stadium

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Busan Asiad Stadium
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Location	1300 Geoje-dong, Yeonje-gu, Busan
Opened	July 2001
Owner
Tenants	Busan I'Park (K-League) (?-present) 2002 Asian Games 2002 FIFA World Cup
Capacity	53,864

The Busan Asiad Stadium or Asiad Main Stadium is a stadium in Busan, Republic of Korea, that was built for the 2002 Asian Games and was also used for matches in the 2002 Football World Cup. It has a capacity of 53,864. The Stadium also hosted the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2002 Asian Games, and was also the site of athletics events during the Busan Asiad of 2002.

It is the home stadium for Busan I'Park of the Korea Professional Football League (K-League).

[edit] 2002 FIFA World Cup

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
2002-06-02	Paraguay	2-2	South Africa	Group B
2002-06-04	Korea Republic	2-0	Poland	Group D
2002-06-06	France	0-0	Uruguay	Group A

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Coordinates: 35°11′24.0″N, 129°03′29.6″E

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