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The , also known as is a sports venue in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, inaugurated in March 1998. It is the home stadium of Yokohama F. Marinos of the J. League. Yokohama International Stadium has the highest seating capacity of any stadium in Japan, with a total of 72,327 seats.〔 It hosted three first-round games during the 2002 FIFA World Cup, and the final game between Germany and Brazil was played there on 30 June 2002 (the game was won by Brazil, 2–0). The stadium is one of the planned football venues for the 2020 Summer Olympics.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://tokyo2020.jp/en/plan/venue/index.html )〕 The stadium has also been selected as one of the venues for 2019 Rugby World Cup and will also host the final of the tournament. This decision was taken by World Rugby after Japan announced that the proposed new National Stadium wouldn’t be completed in time.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2015/sep/28/japan-yokohama-stadium-rugby-world-cup-2019 )〕 On 28 August 2009, Nissan Motors announced that they would not renew the contract for the naming rights of the stadium, which expired on 28 February 2010.〔(「日産スタジアム」の命名権、更新見送り ) Nikkei Net, 29 August 2009 (Japanese)〕 But the negotiation was continued with the city office, and they made new construction for more three years on the expired day, 1 March 2010. == Football Club World Cup == International Stadium Yokohama has been hosting the FIFA Club World Cup since 2003, first as European/South American Intercontinental Cup and later the Club World Cup. The first edition held in Yokohama was the match between Real Madrid and Olimpia, where Real were crowned champions. In 2005, the old Intercontinental Cup was replaced to the new World Championship involving football teams, the FIFA Club World Cup, with more teams and matches. One of the venues, including the final, from 2005 to the 2008 and from 2011 to 2012 editions was the International Stadium Yokohama. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「International Stadium Yokohama」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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