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Vinony's link graph records 903 inbound references to Saitama Stadium 2002, and connects out to International Stadium Yokohama, Tokyo Station and NACK5 Stadium Omiya.
The entry is geolocated on the map.
It is catalogued under topics including 2001 establishments in Japan, Football venues in Japan and Sports venues completed in 2001.
Vinony links it to 36 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Full name
- Saitama Stadium 2002
- Location
- Midori-ku, Saitama , Saitama Prefecture , Japan
- Owner
- Saitama Prefecture
- Operator
- Saitama Prefectural Park Association
- Capacity
- 63,700
- Surface
- Grass
- Record attendance
- 63,551 ( Japan vs Oman , 3 June 2012)
- Field size
- 105 x 68 m
- Public transit
- Saitama Rapid Railway Line at Urawa-Misono
- Opened
- 1 October 2001
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- association football venue
- Named after
- 2002 FIFA World Cup
- Country
- Japan
- Owned by
- Saitama Prefecture
- Sport
- association football
- Official website
- www.stadium2002.com
- Image
- Saitama stadium2002-1.jpg
- Significant event
- 2002 FIFA World Cup
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- Commons category
- Saitama Stadium
- maximum capacity
- 63700
- occupant
- 2020 Summer Olympics
- date of official opening
- 2001-10-01
- main building contractor
- Kajima Corporation
- inception
- 2001-07-31
- surface played on
- lawn
- public transport stop
- Urawa Misono Station
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Encyclopedic overview
Saitama Stadium 2002 (埼玉スタジアム2002, Saitama Sutajiamu Nimarumaruni), a.k.a. the Saitama Stadium (埼玉スタジアム, Saitama Sutajiamu) or simply Saisuta (埼スタ), is a football stadium located in Midori-ku, Saitama, Japan.
Currently, J1 League club Urawa Red Diamonds use this stadium for home games. It is the largest football-specific stadium in Japan and is one of the largest stadiums in Asia. It has hosted the semi-finals of both the 2002 FIFA World Cup and the football tournament at the 2020 Summer Olympics. It is also the home stadium of Japan national football team in almost every FIFA World Cup qualifying matches.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Saitama Stadium 2002” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.