Daejeon Hanbat Sports Complex ( ko, 대전한밭종합운동장) is a sports complex, comprising a

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(including athletic facilities and a

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pitch), a

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courts, tennis courts and various other sports facilities in

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Facilities

Daejeon Hanbat Stadium

The Daejeon stadium (main stadium) has a capacity of 20,618 and opened in 1964. It was used by

Daejeon Citizen Daejeon Hana Citizen Football Club (Korean 대전 하나 시티즌 축구단) is a South Korean professional football team based in Daejeon that competes in the K League 1, the top tier of South Korean football. At the time of its foundation in 19 ...

s before

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opened and the team relocated in 2001. It hosted several

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preliminaries during the

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Daejeon Baseball Stadium

Daejeon Hanbat Baseball Stadium The Daejeon Hanbat Baseball Stadium, also known as the Hanwha Life Eagles Park due to sponsorship reasons, is a baseball park in Daejeon, South Korea. The stadium is located in the vicinity of Daejeon Station. Located in Daejeon Hanbat Sports Com ...

was opened in 1965, and undergone a significant renovation and expansion in 2012. It now has a capacity of 13,500, and serves as home for

Hanwha Eagles The Hanwha Eagles ( ko, 한화 이글스) are a South Korean professional baseball team based in Daejeon. They are a member of the KBO League. The Eagles' home ballpark is Daejeon Hanbat Baseball Stadium. The Eagles have won the Korean Series on ...

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League.

Chungmu Gymnasium

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Daejeon KGC Daejeon Korea Ginseng Corporation ( ko, 대전 KGC인삼공사) is a South Korean professional women's volleyball team. The team was founded in 1988 and became fully professional in 2005. They are based in Daejeon and are members of the Korea Vol ...

of V-League.

Others

* Multi-purpose Gymnasium (capacity: 2,000) * Tennis courts (capacity: 384) * Auxiliary soccer pitch (capacity: 1,000) * Auxiliary training facilities * Gateball court

Name

''Hanbat'' is the original Korean name of the City of

. ''Han'' means Big and ''Bat'' means Field, hence the name of the city where the stadium rests today is a transliteration of the

hanja Hanja (Hangul: ; Hanja: , ), alternatively known as Hancha, are Chinese characters () used in the writing of Korean. Hanja was used as early as the Gojoseon period, the first ever Korean kingdom. (, ) refers to Sino-Korean vocabulary, wh ...

''Dae'' (big) and ''Jeon'' (field).

References

1988 Summer Olympics official report.
Volume 1. Part 1. pp. 206–207.

External links

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