Busan Asiad Main Stadium

Busan Asiad Main Stadium(Korean:부산아시아드주경기장) is amulti-purpose stadiuminBusan,South Korea. It was built for the2002 Asian Gamesand was also used for matches at the2002 FIFA World Cup.It has a capacity of 53,769. The stadium hosted the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2002 Asian Games and was also the venue ofathleticsevents during the games. It is the home venue of theK LeagueclubBusan IPark.

Asiad Main Stadium
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Location344 World Cup-daero, Geoje-dong,Yeonje-gu,Busan,South Korea
OwnerBusan Metropolitan City Hall
OperatorBusan Metropolitan City Sports Facility Management Office
Capacity53,769
Construction
OpenedSeptember 2001
Construction cost226.9 billionwon
Tenants
Busan IPark

2002 FIFA World Cup

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The stadium was one of the venues of the2002 FIFA World Cup,and held the following matches:

Date Team 1 Result Team 2 Round
2 June 2002 Paraguay 2–2 South Africa Group B
4 June 2002 South Korea 2–0 Poland Group D
6 June 2002 France 0–0 Uruguay Group A
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Events and tenants
Preceded by Asian Games Football tournament
Final Venue

2002
Succeeded by

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