The Incheon Munhak Stadium (also known as Incheon World Cup Stadium or Munhak Stadium) is a

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Incheon Incheon (; ; or Inch'ŏn; literally "kind river"), formerly Jemulpo or Chemulp'o (제물포) until the period after 1910, officially the Incheon Metropolitan City (인천광역시, 仁川廣域市), is a city located in northwestern South Kore ...

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and includes a

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, a

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, and other sports facilities.

Facilities

Incheon Munhak Stadium

Incheon Munhak Stadium, initially named Incheon World Cup Stadium, was

Incheon United Incheon United FC is a South Korean professional football club based in Incheon that competes in the K League 1, the top flight of South Korean football. Founded in 2003, the club is a so-called "community club", with the government of the city ...

's home stadium from 2004 to 2011. It hosted three group stage matches at the

2002 FIFA World Cup The 2002 FIFA World Cup, also branded as Korea Japan 2002, was the 17th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial Association football, football world championship for List of men's national association football teams, men's national teams organized by ...

. It also hosted the

2005 Asian Athletics Championships The 2005 Asian Athletics Championships were the 16th edition of the international athletics competition between Asian nations. It was held in Incheon, South Korea between 1–4 September 2005. Results Men * The original bronze medalist, An ...

and the football matches during the

2014 Asian Games The 2014 Asian Games ( ko, 2014년 아시아 경기대회/2014년 아시안 게임, Icheon sip-sa nyeon Asia gyeonggi daehoe/Icheon sip-sa nyeon Asian Geim), officially known as the 17th Asian Games ( ko, 제17회 아시아 경기대회/제17회 ...

, as well as the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2014 Asian Para Games. In November 2018, the stadium hosted the 2018 ''League of Legends'' World Championship final.

2002 World Cup matches played in Munhak Stadium

Munhak Baseball Stadium

The Munhak Baseball Stadium is the home baseball stadium of the

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and lies adjacent to the Incheon Munhak Stadium.

References

인천 문학 경기장, 시민을 품은 희망의 돛
- Dream stadium of K-League

External links

Incheon Sports Facilities Management Center

SK Wyverns

Incheon United Official Site

World Stadiums
Sports venues in Incheon 2002 FIFA World Cup stadiums in South Korea Football venues in South Korea Rugby union stadiums in South Korea Athletics (track and field) venues in South Korea Venues of the 2014 Asian Games Sports venues completed in 2002 Esports venues in South Korea {{SouthKorea-sports-venue-stub