Olympic stadium of Berlin

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Built for the Olympic Games of 1936, the Olympic stadium of Berlin (German Olympiastadion) was built on the same site that the stage “Deutsches Stadion” built for the Olympic Games of 1916, cancelled because of the First World War. This first enclosure of 32.000 places was inaugurated in July 1913. It is then renamed “Deutsches Stadion”.

The behavior with Berlin of the Olympic Games of 1936 makes it possible to the Nazis to use the sport in their propaganda. On the site of the Olympic stadium, 42 million marks is spent to set up an enclosure from 86.000 to 110.000 places, according to the configurations.

At the time of the Football world cup of 1974, the stage knows a restoration equipping it in particular with a roof on part of the side platforms.

For the Football world cup of 2006, the final was held in this stage, marked by the blow of head of Zinedine Zidane on Marco Materazzi. Renovation works equipped the enclosure with roofs on the whole of the platforms. It can accommodate 76.176 spectators.

In addition to the Olympic Games and the Football world cups, this stage is used by the football club of the Hertha Berlin, receives competitions of Athlétisme (Golden League, for example) and accommodates each year the final of the Coupe of Germany of football. The Championnats of the world of athletics will be held in 2009 to with it.

Football world cup of 2006

The following matches took place in the Olympic stadium of Berlin at the time of the Football world cup of 2006:

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