Hebrew University Stadium (also National and University Stadium) is a multi-use

National stadium Many countries have a national sport stadium, which typically serves as the primary or exclusive home for one or more of a country's national representative sports teams. The term is most often used in reference to an association football stadiu ...

on the

Givat Ram Givat Ram ( he, גִּבְעַת רָם) is a neighborhood in central Jerusalem. It is the site of Kiryat HaMemshala (Hebrew language, Hebrew: קריית הממשלה, ''lit.'' Government complex), which includes many of Israel's most important na ...

campus of the

Hebrew University of Jerusalem The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HUJI; he, הַאוּנִיבֶרְסִיטָה הַעִבְרִית בִּירוּשָׁלַיִם) is a public research university based in Jerusalem, Israel. Co-founded by Albert Einstein and Dr. Chaim Weiz ...

Jerusalem Jerusalem (; he, יְרוּשָׁלַיִם ; ar, القُدس ) (combining the Biblical and common usage Arabic names); grc, Ἱερουσαλήμ/Ἰεροσόλυμα, Hierousalḗm/Hierosóluma; hy, Երուսաղեմ, Erusałēm. i ...

History

The National and University Stadium was inaugurated in 1958 in honor of the 10th anniversary of the founding of the State of Israel. The stadium holds 4,000 spectators. It hosted some of the

1964 AFC Asian Cup The 1964 AFC Asian Cup was the 3rd edition of the men's AFC Asian Cup, a quadrennial international football tournament organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). The finals were held in Israel from 26 May to 3 June 1964. The tournament ...

matches, as well as the opening ceremonies of the

1968 Summer Paralympics The 1968 Summer Paralympics ( he, המשחקים הפאראלימפיים בקיץ 1968) were the third Paralympic Games to be held. Organised under the guidance of the International Stoke Mandeville Games Federation (ISMGF), they were known as th ...

. In 1997 the stadium was renovated and used for athletic contests and

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...

games of

Agudat Sport Nordia Jerusalem Agudat Sport Nordia Jerusalem ( he, אגודת ספורט נורדיה ירושלים), also known as Beitar Nordia Jerusalem ( he, בית"ר נורדיה ירושלים) is an Israeli football club based in Jerusalem. The club was formed in 2014 ...

. The

European Athletics U18 Championships The European Athletics U18 Championships (named as European Athletics Youth Championships in 2016) are a biennial athletics competition for European athletes under the age of eighteen ( youth category). The creation of the competition stemmed fr ...

took place at the stadium in July 2022.Revealing the renovated Givat Ram Stadium
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References

{{Hebrew University of Jerusalem AFC Asian Cup stadiums Sports venues in Jerusalem Hebrew University of Jerusalem