Olympic Stadium (Wrocław)

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The Olympic Stadium (Polish: Stadion Olimpijski) is a multi-purpose stadium in Wrocław, Poland. It is the home stadium of speedway team Sparta Wrocław and American football team Panthers Wrocław.

Olympic Stadium
Stadion Olimpijski
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Full nameOlympic Stadium in Wrocław
Former namesSchlesierkampfbahn (1928–1935)
Hermann-Göring-Stadion (1935–1939)
LocationWrocław, Poland
Coordinates51°7′10″N 17°5′48″E / 51.11944°N 17.09667°E / 51.11944; 17.09667
OwnerCity of Wrocław
Capacity11,000[1]
SurfaceArtificial Grass (football)
Shale (speedway)
Construction
Built1926–1928
Opened1928
Renovated1935–1939
ArchitectRichard Konwiarz
Tenants

The stadium has a capacity now of 11,000 people and was supposed to be one of the main pitches on UEFA Euro 2012. The newly constructed Stadion Miejski was used for that event instead.

History

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Gymnastics performances at the stadium in 1967

The stadium was built from 1926 to 1928 as Schlesierkampfbahn (Silesian Arena) according to a design by Richard Konwiarz. It was part of a larger sports complex in the city district of Zalesie (then Leerbeutel), again extended from 1935 to 1939 and renamed Hermann-Göring-Stadion under the Nazi German authorities. On 16 May 1937, it was the site of the legendary Breslau Eleven football match, when the Germany national football team defeated Denmark 8–0. Despite its current Polish name, the arena has never been an Olympic Games site (in particular, for the 1936 Summer Olympics); however the builder Richard Konwiarz achieved a bronze medal in the art competitions at the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles for his architectural design.

Heavily devastated during the Siege of Breslau in World War II, the stadium was rebuilt by the Polish municipal administration and named after General Karol Świerczewski. From the 1970s it was used by the Wrocław University School of Physical Education and comprehensively modernized with floodlights and an undersoil heating. The Wrocław city administration assumed ownership in 2006 and had the speedway racing track rebuilt, whereafter the smaller football pitch no longer meets the requirements of UEFA stadium categories.

The speedway track is 387 metres (423 yd) in length.

 
Covered stand

Past events

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The stadium has hosted the Speedway Grand Prix of Poland in 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999, and 2000. It also was a venue of the Speedway Grand Prix of Europe in 2004, 2005, 2006, and 2007. The stadium has hosted american football competition and motorcycle speedway competition at 2017 World Games.

Speedway World Finals

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Individual World Championship

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World Pairs Championship

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World Team Cup

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* The Great Britain Speedway Team contained riders from the Commonwealth nations until the early 1970s. Mauger, Briggs and Moore were from New Zealand, Airey from Australia and Wilson from England.

Speedway World Cup

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Speedway Grand Prix

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National football team matches

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No Date Host Opponent Result
1. 2 November 1930   Germany   Norway
1:1
2. 15 September 1935   Germany   Poland
1:0
3. 16 May 1937   Germany   Denmark
8:0
4. 12 November 1939   Germany   Czech Republic
4:4
5. 7 December 1941   Germany   Slovakia
4:0
6. 14 May 1950   Poland   Romania
3:3
7. 10 May 1953   Poland   Czechoslovakia
1:1
8. 26 August 1956   Poland   Bulgaria
1:2
9. 21 June 1959   Poland   Israel
7:2
10. 22 October 1961   Poland   East Germany
3:1
11. 18 May 1966   Poland   Sweden
1:1
12. 28 July 1967   Poland   Soviet Union
0:1
13. 16 May 1973   Poland   Republic of Ireland
2:0
14. 7 September 1974   Poland   France
0:2
15. 12 November 1977   Poland   Sweden
2:1
16. 15 November 1978   Poland    Switzerland
2:0
17. 15 November 1981   Poland   Malta
6:0
18. 28 October 1983   Poland   Portugal
0:1
19. 24 March 1987   Poland   Norway
4:1

References

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  1. ^ "W budowie: Stadion Olimpijski we Wrocławiu – Stadiony.net".

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