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Le Stade Chapou (or Stade Jacques-Chapou) was a stadium that was located rue des Amidonniers in
Toulouse Toulouse ( , ; oc, Tolosa ) is the prefecture of the French department of Haute-Garonne and of the larger region of Occitania. The city is on the banks of the River Garonne, from the Mediterranean Sea, from the Atlantic Ocean and from Pa ...
. Called Stade du T.O.E.C. before War World II, then Stade du Général Huntziger during the war, then Stade Chapou after the war (in tribute to Jacques Chapou (1909-1944), French Resistant). This stadium is destroyed in 1965 for building a residence of students for the faculty.


1938 FIFA World Cup

The Stade du T.O.E.C. in the old Parc des Sports was one of the venues of the
1938 FIFA World Cup The 1938 FIFA World Cup was the third edition of the World Cup, the quadrennial international football championship for senior men's national teams and was held in France from 4 June until 19 June 1938. Italy defended its title in the final, bea ...
, and held the following matches (initially planned to the new stadium of the new Parc des Sports): {{1938 FIFA World Cup stadiums 1938 FIFA World Cup stadiums