Toyota Stadium (Japan)

Toyota Stadium (豊田スタジアム, Toyota Sutajiamu) is a 45,000 seat retractable roof stadium in Toyota, Aichi Prefecture, Japan.

For other places with the same name, see Toyota Stadium (disambiguation).

Toyota Stadium
Location Toyota, Aichi Prefecture, Japan
Coordinates35°05′04″N 137°10′15″E
Public transitMeitetsu:
Toyota Line at Toyotashi
Aichi Loop Line:
at Shin-Toyota
OwnerToyota City
OperatorToyota Stadium Co., Ltd.
Capacity45,000
Record attendance43,579 (Nagoya Grampus vs Kashima Antlers, 11 August 2018)[1] [2]
Field size115 x 78 m
SurfaceGrass
Construction
Broke ground1997
OpenedJuly 21, 2001
ArchitectKisho Kurokawa
Tenants
Nagoya Grampus
Toyota Verblitz

History

It was built in 2001 and is often used as home to the J1 League club Nagoya Grampus. The stadium is football-specific, which gives matches an authentic football aura; however, its location outside Nagoya city makes it impractical for consolidating the club's fan base in its billed hometown.

It is also used by Toyota Verblitz, a rugby union team in the Top League.

Its roof is unique in that it folds much like an accordion; however, the roof has never been closed since 2015 due to extra costs for maintenance.

Toyota Stadium is one of the venues of the FIFA Club World Cup (formerly the Toyota Cup). The stadium was also used as one of the venues for 2019 Rugby World Cup, the first Rugby World Cup to be held in Asia.[3]

Football international matches
Date Team 1 Score Team 2 Competition Attendance
24 May 2005 United Arab Emirates0–0 Peru2005 Kirin Cup6,536
24 May 2008 Japan1–0 Ivory Coast2008 Kirin Cup40,701
03 Mar 2010 Japan2–0 Bahrain2011 AFC Asian Cup qualification38,042
19 June 2011 Japan2–0 Kuwait2012 Summer Olympics qualification17,873
29 Feb 2012 Japan0–1 Uzbekistan2014 FIFA World Cup qualification42,720
30 May 2013 Japan0–2 Bulgaria2013 Kirin Cup41,353
14 November 2014 Japan6–0 Honduras2014 Kirin Cup42,126
3 June 2016 Bosnia and Herzegovina2(4)–2(3) Denmark2016 Kirin Cup4,500
3 June 2016 Japan7–2 Bulgaria2016 Kirin Cup41,940
6 October 2017 Japan2–1 New Zealand2017 Kirin Cup38,461
20 November 2018 Japan4–0 Kyrgyzstan2018 Kirin Cup38,353
5 June 2019 Japan0–0 Trinidad and Tobago2019 Kirin Cup38,507

2019 Rugby World Cup matches
Date Time (JST) Team #1 Res. Team #2 Round Attendance
23 September 201919:15 Wales43–14 GeorgiaPool D35,546
28 September 201918:45 South Africa57–3 NamibiaPool B

36,449

5 October 201919:30 Japan38–19 SamoaPool A39,695
12 October 201913:45 New Zealand0-0 ItalyPool BMatch cancelled due to Typhoon Hagibis

See also

References
  1. "Nagoya Grampus vs Kashima Antlers 4-2". Retrieved 26 August 2018.
  2. "Nagoya Grampus vs Kashima Antlers Match report and result (in Japanese)". Retrieved 26 August 2018.
  3. "RWC 2019 MATCH VENUES". World Rugby. Retrieved 28 September 2019.


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