Wulihe Stadium
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Wulihe Stadium (Simplified Chinese: 五里河体育场) was a multi-use stadium in Shenyang, China. It was used mostly for football matches. The stadium held 65,000. It was built in 1989, and was the home stadium of Shenyang Ginde football team. It was the site of the Chinese National Team's clinching a spot for the 2002 FIFA World Cup Finals. They defeated Oman 1-0 to claim a spot for the finals in South Korea. It was demolished on 12 February 2007 after 18 years of usage to make way for a shopping mall. A new Shenyang Sports Center was constructed in 2007 to host some of the football matches for the Beijing Olympics in 2008 and replace this stadium.