The Gwangju World Cup Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in the South Korean city of Gwangju. It is managed by the Sports Support Division of the Culture & Sports Policy Office of the Gwangju Metropolitan city.[1] Initially the stadium was named Gwangju World Cup Stadium to host some matches of the 2002 FIFA World Cup. To honour the former South Korean national team coach Guus Hiddink, who helped the team advance to the semi-finals, for the first time in its history, by defeating Spain in this stadium, they have also named it the Guus Hiddink Stadium.[2]
gwangju, world, stadium, multi, purpose, stadium, south, korean, city, gwangju, managed, sports, support, division, culture, sports, policy, office, gwangju, metropolitan, city, initially, stadium, named, host, some, matches, 2002, fifa, world, honour, former,. The Gwangju World Cup Stadium is a multi purpose stadium in the South Korean city of Gwangju It is managed by the Sports Support Division of the Culture amp Sports Policy Office of the Gwangju Metropolitan city 1 Initially the stadium was named Gwangju World Cup Stadium to host some matches of the 2002 FIFA World Cup To honour the former South Korean national team coach Guus Hiddink who helped the team advance to the semi finals for the first time in its history by defeating Spain in this stadium they have also named it the Guus Hiddink Stadium 2 Gwangju World Cup StadiumGuus Hiddink StadiumLocationSeo gu Gwangju South KoreaCapacity40 245ConstructionOpenedSeptember 2001ArchitectSpace Group of KoreaTenantsGwangju Sangmu 2003 2010 Gwangju FC 2011 2020 It is the home stadium of Gwangju FC of the Korea Professional Football League K League and has a capacity of 40 245 It was also the venue for the 3rd Asia Song Festival organised by Korea Foundation for International Culture Exchange in 2006 3 It was also the main venue for 2015 Summer Universiade 2002 FIFA World Cup Matches editDate Team 1 Result Team 2 Round 2 June 2002 nbsp Spain 3 1 nbsp Slovenia Group B 4 June 2002 nbsp China 0 2 nbsp Costa Rica Group C 21 June 2002 nbsp Spain 0 0 aet 3 5 pen nbsp South Korea QuarterfinalsReferences edit Gwangju Metropolitan city Parks and Athletic Facilities Gwangju World Cup Stadium Retrieved 12 October 2011 World Stadiums Guus Hiddink Stadium Archived 2009 02 03 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 12 October 2011 KOFICE 3rd Asia Song Festival Archived 2011 08 29 at the Wayback Machine 22 September 2006 Retrieved 12 October 2011External links editGwangju World Cup Stadium official website in Korean Preceded byNew Rubin Kazan Stadium Kazan Summer UniversiadeOpening and Closing Ceremonies2015 Succeeded byTaipei Municipal Stadium Taipei 35 08 01 2 N 126 52 29 5 E 35 133667 N 126 874861 E 35 133667 126 874861 nbsp nbsp This article about a sports venue in South Korea is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Gwangju World Cup Stadium amp oldid 1144031851, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
