SubscribeA definitive guide to Berlin's Olympiastadion, one of the 12 stadiums hosting the premier sporting event in Germany this summer, the FIFA World Cup 2006. Including images, statistics, stadium facts and fixtures for the Football World Cup arena.
The spectacular venue for the 1936 Olympics set in the heart of the Olympiapark M¸nchen in northern Munich has been renovated at a cost of £165m and will host the World Cup final on 9 July. Designed by the German architect G¸nther Behnisch and the engineer Frei Otto, the Olympiastadion was considered revolutionary, as for the first time in a large scale large sweeping canopies of plexiglass stabilised by steel cables were used.
Stats/Info:
Stadium name: Olympiastadion
Year of Construction: 1936
Capacity: 76,000
Club: Hertha Berlin
World Cup 2006 Fixtures:
Tue 13 June (2000): Brazil v Croatia (Gp F)
Thu 15 June (2000): Sweden v Paraguay (Gp B)
Tue 20 June (1500): Ecuador v Germany (Gp A)
Fri 23 June (1500): Ukraine v Tunisia (Gp H)
Fri 30 June (1600): Quarter-final
Sun 9 July (1900): Final