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, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. This arena opened on 13 June 2008. This arena is specialized to futsal first in

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Iwasaki Electric co., LTD. This arena is home arena of

Nagoya Oceans are a Japanese professional futsal club, currently playing in the F. League Division 1. The team is located in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. Their home ground is Takeda Teva Ocean Arena. Season-by-season Sponsor Technical Sponsor ...

in F.League. The exterior of this arena is inspired by

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History

* 8 February 2007 – Start to construction. * 2 May 2008 – Finish to construction. * 13 June 2008 – Opened under the name Taiyo Pharmaceutical Ocean Arena. * June 2008 – F.League Ocean Cup 1st edition was held. * 1 April 2012 – Renamed to Teva Ocean Arena. * August 2013 – 2013 AFC Futsal Club Championship was held. * 1 April 2017 – Renamed to Takeda Teva Ocean Arena. * 20 May 2017 – WBO world light flyweight title match Kosei Tanaka vs Ángel Acosta (no.1 contender and mandatory challenger of WBO) was held. * 6–7 April 2019 – V.League 2018-19 Final was held.

Facilities

; Main Arena * Pitch size – 20 m × 40 m (800 m²) * Height – 13 m * Seats – 2,569 seats ; Sub Arena * Pitch size – 20 m × 40 m (800 m²) * Height – 13 m * Seats – 190 seats

Access

* 1 minute walk from

Aonami Line The is a third-sector railway line in the city of Nagoya operated by the . Officially called the , it connects Nagoya Station with Kinjō-futō Station, and was a freight branch line of Tokaido Main Line, converted for passenger usage in Octob ...

Kinjō-futō Station.

References

External links

* * Futsal in Japan Indoor arenas in Japan Sports venues in Nagoya Sports venues completed in 2008 2008 establishments in Japan {{japan-stadium-stub