Nishikyogoku Athletic Stadium
Encyclopedia
, or is a multi-purpose stadium
in Ukyo-ku
, Kyoto
, Japan
.
It is currently used mostly for football
matches and is the home stadium of J. League
club Kyoto Sanga F.C.
The stadium holds 20,242 people and was built in 1942. It hosted the football
match between Romania
and Ghana
during the 1964 Summer Olympics
.
Multi-purpose stadium
Multi-purpose stadiums are a type of stadium designed in such a way as to be easily used by multiple sports. While any stadium could potentially host more than one sport, this concept usually refers to a specific design philosophy that stresses multi-functionality over specificity...
in Ukyo-ku
Ukyo-ku, Kyoto
is one of the eleven wards in the city of Kyoto, in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. The word , as opposed to , refers to the western half of the ancient capital of Heiankyō – the palace faced south, hence west was to the right...
, Kyoto
Kyoto
is a city in the central part of the island of Honshū, Japan. It has a population close to 1.5 million. Formerly the imperial capital of Japan, it is now the capital of Kyoto Prefecture, as well as a major part of the Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto metropolitan area.-History:...
, Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
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It is currently used mostly for football
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
matches and is the home stadium of J. League
J. League
The or is the top division of and is the top professional association football league in Japan. It is one of the most successful leagues in Asian club football and the only league given top class 'A' ranking by the AFC. Currently, J. League Division 1 is the first level of the Japanese...
club Kyoto Sanga F.C.
The stadium holds 20,242 people and was built in 1942. It hosted the football
Football at the 1964 Summer Olympics
The football competition at the 1964 Summer Olympics started on October 11 and ended on October 23. Only one event, the men's tournament, was contested...
match between Romania
Romania at the 1964 Summer Olympics
Romania competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. 138 competitors, 108 men and 30 women, took part in 76 events in 13 sports.- Gold:* Iolanda Balaş — Athletics, Women's High Jump* Mihaela Peneş — Athletics, Women's Javelin Throw- Silver:...
and Ghana
Ghana at the 1964 Summer Olympics
-Medalists:-Athletics:Men's 100 metres* Stanley Fabian Allotey* Round 1 — 10.7 s * Michael Kofi Ahey* Round 1 — 10.6 s Men's 200 metres* Michael F...
during the 1964 Summer Olympics
1964 Summer Olympics
The 1964 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVIII Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event held in Tokyo, Japan in 1964. Tokyo had been awarded with the organization of the 1940 Summer Olympics, but this honor was subsequently passed to Helsinki because of Japan's...
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