Stade De France Paris
Pictures Taken 16/7/2012
By Fraser Lang (King's School Gutersloh )
The
Stade de France (
French pronunciation: [stad də fʁɑ̃s]) is the
national stadium of France, situated just north of
Paris in the commune of
Saint-Denis. It has an all-seater capacity of 81,338, making it
the eighth largest stadium in Europe, and is used by both the
France national football team and
French rugby union team for international competition. On 12 July 1998, France defeated
Brazil 3–0 in the
FIFA World Cup Final contested at the stadium. The Stade de France is listed as a
category four stadium by
UEFA and has hosted matches for the
1998 FIFA World Cup, some matches for the
1999 Rugby World Cup,
2003 World Championships in Athletics, and the
2007 Rugby World Cupmaking it the only stadium in the world to have hosted both a
Football World Cup final and a
Rugby World Cup final. The facility also hosted the annual
Motorsport event
Race of Champions in
2004,
2005, and
2006 before the event moved to
Wembley Stadium in London. The stadium hosted the
2003 World Championships in Athletics and since 1999 it has hosted the annual
Meeting Areva athletics meet.