Wuhan Sports Center

Sports venue in Wuhan, China

* Wuhan Sports Center
* 武汉体育中心

Location| Wuhan, China
Capacity| 54,000 (Stadium) 13,000 (Arena)
Opened| 2002
Tenants

Wuhan Three Towns

The Wuhan Sports Centre Stadium (Chinese: 武汉体育中心体育场) or Zhuankou Stadium (Chinese: 沌口体育场) is sports complex with a multi-use stadium in Wuhan, China. Completed in 2002, it has an all-seated capacity of 54,000.

Local football team Wuhan Guanggu played some high attendance matches at the stadium. It was one of the venues for the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup and the sole venue for the final stage of the 2015 EAFF East Asian Cup. Football club Wuhan Zall were tenants. They drew an average home attendance of 14,403[1][failed verification] in their inaugural top division league season in 2013. Currently, it is the home of Wuhan Three Towns.

The stadium also hosted the 2015 Asian Athletics Championships.

At the height of COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, the stadium was one of the locations serving as Fangcang Hospital.[2]

## 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup matches

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Date | Stage | Team | Res. | Team | Att.

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12 September 2007  | Group D |  New Zealand | 0–5  |  Brazil | 50,800
12 September 2007  | Group D |  China | 3–2  |  Denmark | 50,800
15 September 2007  | Group D |  Denmark | 2–0  |  New Zealand | 54,000
15 September 2007  | Group D |  Brazil | 4–0  |  China | 54,000
22 September 2007  | Quarter-finals |  Germany | 3–0  |  North Korea | 37,200
23 September 2007  | Quarter-finals |  Norway | 1–0  |  China | 52,000

## Notable events

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* G.E.M. \- Queen of Hearts World Tour - 28 May 2017[3]
* Joker Xue \- I Think I've Seen You Somewhere Tour - 22 April 2017

## References

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1. ^ "Chinese Football Association Superleague". csldata.sports.sohu.com (in Chinese).
2. ^ Fang, Dongping; Pan, Shengjie; Li, Zaishang; Yuan, Ting; Jiang, Benran; Gan, Di; Sheng, Bai; Han, Jing; Wang, Tao; Liu, Zhongmin (June 2020). "Large-scale public venues as medical emergency sites in disasters: lessons from COVID-19 and the use of Fangcang shelter hospitals in Wuhan, China". BMJ Global Health. 5 (6): e002815. doi:10.1136/bmjgh-2020-002815. PMC 7298718. PMID 32546589.
3. ^ "GEM Queen of Hearts World Tour - 武漢 Wuhan". Facebook. Retrieved 18 January 2021.

## External links

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* Official website

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2007 FIFA Women's World Cup stadiums

* Chengdu Sports Centre (Chengdu)
* Hongkou Stadium (Shanghai)
* Tianjin Olympic Center (Tianjin)
* Wuhan Sports Center (Wuhan)
* Yellow Dragon Sports Center (Hangzhou)

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* StadiumDB

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