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<blockquote data-quote="psychic duck" data-source="post: 485059" data-attributes="member: 48703"><p><strong>Here is a list of the venues being used for the 2019 Rugby World Cup, note there are also matches taking place in Hong Kong and Singapore as well as Japan, however neither Hong Kong (IRB ranked 26th) or Singapore (IRB ranked 52nd) have an automatic qualification spot</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p></p><p><img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Chichibunomiya1.jpg/300px-Chichibunomiya1.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p><strong>Chichibunomya Stadium</strong></p><p><strong>City: </strong>Tokyo</p><p><strong>Capacity:</strong> 27,000</p><p><strong>Track: </strong>No</p><p><strong>Home to: </strong>Suntory Sungoliath, Toshiba Brave Lupus, Ricoh Black Rams and the Japan national team (rugby)</p><p><strong>Notes: </strong>A specialist rugby stadium, and HQ of Japanese rugby, named after Prince Chichibu who has his statue in the stadium, the oldest stadium being used built in 1947 and has always been a rugby stadium</p><p><img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/NISSANSTADIUM20080608.JPG/300px-NISSANSTADIUM20080608.JPG" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p><strong>Nissan Stadium</strong></p><p><strong>City:</strong> Yokohama</p><p><strong>Capacity:</strong> 72,000</p><p><strong>Track: </strong>Yes</p><p><strong>Home to:</strong> Yokohama F. Marinos (football)</p><p><strong>Notes: </strong>Highest capacity stadium of any in Japan, hosts the FIFA Club World Cup every year</p><p></p><p><img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/KokuritshuKasumigaoka-5.JPG/300px-KokuritshuKasumigaoka-5.JPG" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p><strong>National Olympic Stadium</strong></p><p><strong>City: </strong>Tokyo</p><p><strong>Capacity:</strong> 57,000 (9,000 standing)</p><p><strong>Track: </strong>Yes</p><p><strong>Home to:</strong> nobody, just one off matches</p><p><strong>Notes: </strong>Made for the 1968 Tokyo Olympics</p><p></p><p><img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/Sendaistadium2.JPG/250px-Sendaistadium2.JPG" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p>[TABLE]</p><p>[TR]</p><p>[TD]<strong>Yurtec Stadium Sendai</strong></p><p><strong>City:</strong> Sendai[/TD]</p><p>[/TR]</p><p>[/TABLE]</p><p><strong>Capacity:</strong> 20,000</p><p><strong>Track: </strong>No</p><p><strong>Home to:</strong> Velgata Sendaï, Sony Sendai F.C. (football)</p><p><strong>Notes: </strong>Stands are purposely built very close to the pitch, was damaged in the 2011 Earthquake and Tsunami</p><p></p><p><img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Inside_View_of_Kobe_Wing_Stadium.jpg/300px-Inside_View_of_Kobe_Wing_Stadium.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p><strong>Home's Stadium Kobe</strong></p><p><strong>City: </strong>Kobe</p><p><strong>Capacity:</strong> 30,000</p><p><strong>Track: </strong>No</p><p><strong>Home to:</strong> Kobelco Steelers (rugby), Vissel Kobe (football)</p><p><strong>Notes: </strong>Built for the 2002 football World Cup, nicknamed the "Kobe Wing Stadium", and it has a retractable roof</p><p></p><p><img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Hakata_no_mori_stadium-day.jpg/300px-Hakata_no_mori_stadium-day.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p><strong>Level 5 Stadium</strong></p><p><strong>City: </strong>Fukuoka</p><p><strong>Capacity:</strong> 22,000</p><p><strong>Track: </strong>No</p><p><strong>Home to:</strong> Avispa Fukuoka (football)</p><p><strong>Notes: </strong>The most boring name for an international stadium?</p><p></p><p><img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Sapporo_Dome_001.jpeg/300px-Sapporo_Dome_001.jpeg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p><strong>Sapporo Dome</strong></p><p><strong>City: </strong>Sapporo</p><p><strong>Capacity:</strong> 41,000</p><p><strong>Track: </strong>No</p><p><strong>Home to:</strong> Consadole Sapporo (football), Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters (baseball)</p><p><strong>Notes: </strong>Built for the 2002 Football World Cup, a versatile stadium with retractable turf and even once hosted cross country skiing</p><p></p><p><img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Nagai_stadium20040717.jpg/300px-Nagai_stadium20040717.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p><strong>Nagai Stadium</strong></p><p><strong>City: </strong>Osaka</p><p><strong>Capacity:</strong> 50,000</p><p><strong>Track: </strong>Yes</p><p><strong>Home to:</strong> Cerezo Osaka (football)</p><p><strong>Notes: </strong>Hosted the 2007 Athletics World Championships</p><p></p><p><img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/Toyota_sta_0313_2.JPG/250px-Toyota_sta_0313_2.JPG" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p><strong>Toyota Stadium</strong></p><p><strong></strong><strong>City: </strong>Toyota</p><p><strong>Capacity:</strong> 45,000</p><p><strong>Track: </strong>No</p><p><strong>Home to:</strong> Toyota Verblitz (rugby), Nagoya Crampus (football)</p><p><strong>Notes: </strong>Has a retractable roof</p><p></p><p><img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/HKSeven09-FS.jpg/700px-HKSeven09-FS.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p><strong>Hong Kong Stadium</strong></p><p><strong>City:</strong> Hong Kong</p><p><strong>Capacity: </strong>40,000</p><p><strong>Home to:</strong> Hong Kong national team, South China AA (football)</p><p><strong>Notes: </strong>Hosts Hong Kong sevens, and has hosted a Bledisloe Cup match in 2008, Alex Ferguson once criticised the pitch in 1997 for cutting up </p><p></p><p><img src="http://www.aecom.com/deployedfiles/Internet/Geographies/Asia/Asia%20News/Singapore_SportsHub_mainimg.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p><strong>New Singapore National Stadium </strong>(in construction, scheduled to open in April 2014, above image an artists impression)</p><p><strong>City:</strong> Singapore</p><p><strong>Capacity:</strong> 55,000</p><p><strong>Home to:</strong> Singapore national team (football)</p><p><strong>Notes: </strong>Will have a retractable roof</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="psychic duck, post: 485059, member: 48703"] [B]Here is a list of the venues being used for the 2019 Rugby World Cup, note there are also matches taking place in Hong Kong and Singapore as well as Japan, however neither Hong Kong (IRB ranked 26th) or Singapore (IRB ranked 52nd) have an automatic qualification spot [/B] [IMG]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Chichibunomiya1.jpg/300px-Chichibunomiya1.jpg[/IMG] [B]Chichibunomya Stadium[/B] [B]City: [/B]Tokyo [B]Capacity:[/B] 27,000 [B]Track: [/B]No [B]Home to: [/B]Suntory Sungoliath, Toshiba Brave Lupus, Ricoh Black Rams and the Japan national team (rugby) [B]Notes: [/B]A specialist rugby stadium, and HQ of Japanese rugby, named after Prince Chichibu who has his statue in the stadium, the oldest stadium being used built in 1947 and has always been a rugby stadium [IMG]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/NISSANSTADIUM20080608.JPG/300px-NISSANSTADIUM20080608.JPG[/IMG] [B]Nissan Stadium[/B] [B]City:[/B] Yokohama [B]Capacity:[/B] 72,000 [B]Track: [/B]Yes [B]Home to:[/B] Yokohama F. Marinos (football) [B]Notes: [/B]Highest capacity stadium of any in Japan, hosts the FIFA Club World Cup every year [IMG]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/KokuritshuKasumigaoka-5.JPG/300px-KokuritshuKasumigaoka-5.JPG[/IMG] [B]National Olympic Stadium[/B] [B]City: [/B]Tokyo [B]Capacity:[/B] 57,000 (9,000 standing) [B]Track: [/B]Yes [B]Home to:[/B] nobody, just one off matches [B]Notes: [/B]Made for the 1968 Tokyo Olympics [IMG]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/Sendaistadium2.JPG/250px-Sendaistadium2.JPG[/IMG] [TABLE] [TR] [TD][B]Yurtec Stadium Sendai[/B] [B]City:[/B] Sendai[/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [B]Capacity:[/B] 20,000 [B]Track: [/B]No [B]Home to:[/B] Velgata Sendaï, Sony Sendai F.C. (football) [B]Notes: [/B]Stands are purposely built very close to the pitch, was damaged in the 2011 Earthquake and Tsunami [IMG]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Inside_View_of_Kobe_Wing_Stadium.jpg/300px-Inside_View_of_Kobe_Wing_Stadium.jpg[/IMG] [B]Home's Stadium Kobe[/B] [B]City: [/B]Kobe [B]Capacity:[/B] 30,000 [B]Track: [/B]No [B]Home to:[/B] Kobelco Steelers (rugby), Vissel Kobe (football) [B]Notes: [/B]Built for the 2002 football World Cup, nicknamed the "Kobe Wing Stadium", and it has a retractable roof [IMG]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Hakata_no_mori_stadium-day.jpg/300px-Hakata_no_mori_stadium-day.jpg[/IMG] [B]Level 5 Stadium[/B] [B]City: [/B]Fukuoka [B]Capacity:[/B] 22,000 [B]Track: [/B]No [B]Home to:[/B] Avispa Fukuoka (football) [B]Notes: [/B]The most boring name for an international stadium? [IMG]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Sapporo_Dome_001.jpeg/300px-Sapporo_Dome_001.jpeg[/IMG] [B]Sapporo Dome[/B] [B]City: [/B]Sapporo [B]Capacity:[/B] 41,000 [B]Track: [/B]No [B]Home to:[/B] Consadole Sapporo (football), Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters (baseball) [B]Notes: [/B]Built for the 2002 Football World Cup, a versatile stadium with retractable turf and even once hosted cross country skiing [IMG]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Nagai_stadium20040717.jpg/300px-Nagai_stadium20040717.jpg[/IMG] [B]Nagai Stadium[/B] [B]City: [/B]Osaka [B]Capacity:[/B] 50,000 [B]Track: [/B]Yes [B]Home to:[/B] Cerezo Osaka (football) [B]Notes: [/B]Hosted the 2007 Athletics World Championships [IMG]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/Toyota_sta_0313_2.JPG/250px-Toyota_sta_0313_2.JPG[/IMG] [B]Toyota Stadium [/B][B]City: [/B]Toyota [B]Capacity:[/B] 45,000 [B]Track: [/B]No [B]Home to:[/B] Toyota Verblitz (rugby), Nagoya Crampus (football) [B]Notes: [/B]Has a retractable roof [IMG]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/HKSeven09-FS.jpg/700px-HKSeven09-FS.jpg[/IMG] [B]Hong Kong Stadium[/B] [B]City:[/B] Hong Kong [B]Capacity: [/B]40,000 [B]Home to:[/B] Hong Kong national team, South China AA (football) [B]Notes: [/B]Hosts Hong Kong sevens, and has hosted a Bledisloe Cup match in 2008, Alex Ferguson once criticised the pitch in 1997 for cutting up [IMG]http://www.aecom.com/deployedfiles/Internet/Geographies/Asia/Asia%20News/Singapore_SportsHub_mainimg.jpg[/IMG] [B]New Singapore National Stadium [/B](in construction, scheduled to open in April 2014, above image an artists impression) [B]City:[/B] Singapore [B]Capacity:[/B] 55,000 [B]Home to:[/B] Singapore national team (football) [B]Notes: [/B]Will have a retractable roof [/QUOTE]
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