International Stadium Yokohama
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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 72,327 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.
[edit] FIFA Club World Championship
It hosted some matches of the 2005 FIFA Club World Championship, including the final, where Sao Paulo defeated Liverpool 1-0. 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).
It again held some matches and the final of the FIFA Club World Championship in 2006. Again, there was a Brazillian winner as Barcelona were defeated by Internacional of Porto Alegre.
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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 | |
