Changwon Sports Park

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Changwon Civic Stadium
Orange Stadium
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Location Doodae-Dong, Changwon, Gyeongsangnam-do, South Korea
Coordinates 35°14′02″N128°39′53″E / 35.233867°N 128.664697°E / 35.233867; 128.664697
Operator Changwon City Facilities Management Corporation
Capacity 27,085
Surface Natural grass, running track
Construction
Broke ground 8 December 1989
Opened 19 March 1993
Construction cost 20 billion KRW
Tenants
Gyeongnam FC (2006–2009)
Changwon City FC

The Changwon Sports Park (Korean : 창원스포츠파크) is a group of sports facilities in Changwon, South Korea. The complex consists of the Changwon Stadium, Changwon Gymnasium and a swimming pool.

Korean language Language spoken in Korea

The Korean language is an East Asian language spoken by about 80 million people. It is a member of the Koreanic language family and is the official and national language of both Koreas: North Korea and South Korea, with different standardized official forms used in each territory. It is also one of the two official languages in the Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture and Changbai Korean Autonomous County of Jilin province, China. Historical and modern linguists classify Korean as a language isolate; however, it does have a few extinct relatives, which together with Korean itself and the Jeju language form the Koreanic language family. This implies that Korean is not an isolate, but a member of a micro-family. The idea that Korean belongs to the controversial Altaic language family is discredited in academic research. Korean is agglutinative in its morphology and SOV in its syntax.

Changwon Specific city in Yeongnam, South Korea

Changwon is the capital city of Gyeongsangnam-do, on the southeast coast of South Korea. With a population of 1.07 million as of 2015, Changwon is South Korea's 9th most populous city.

South Korea Republic in East Asia

South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korean Peninsula and lying to the east of the Asian mainland. The name Korea is derived from Goguryeo which was one of the great powers in East Asia during its time, ruling most of the Korean Peninsula, Manchuria, parts of the Russian Far East and Inner Mongolia, under Gwanggaeto the Great. South Korea lies in the north temperate zone and has a predominantly mountainous terrain. It comprises an estimated 51.4 million residents distributed over 100,363 km2 (38,750 sq mi). Its capital and largest city is Seoul, with a population of around 10 million.

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Changwon Stadium

Changwon Stadium (Korean : 창원스포츠파크 주경기장; Hanja: 昌原綜合運動場) is a multi-use stadium in Changwon, South Korea. It is currently used mostly for football matches. The stadium holds 27,085. It was built in 1993.

Hanja Korean language characters of Chinese origin

Hanja is the Korean name for Chinese characters. More specifically, it refers to those Chinese characters borrowed from Chinese and incorporated into the Korean language with Korean pronunciation. Hanja-mal or Hanja-eo refers to words that can be written with Hanja, and hanmun refers to Classical Chinese writing, although "Hanja" is sometimes used loosely to encompass these other concepts. Because Hanja never underwent major reform, they are almost entirely identical to traditional Chinese and kyūjitai characters, though the stroke orders for some characters are slightly different. For example, the characters and are written as 敎 and 硏. Only a small number of Hanja characters are modified or unique to Korean. By contrast, many of the Chinese characters currently in use in Japan and Mainland China have been simplified, and contain fewer strokes than the corresponding Hanja characters.

Stadium place or venue for (mostly) outdoor sports, concerts, or other events

A stadium is a place or venue for (mostly) outdoor sports, concerts, or other events and consists of a field or stage either partly or completely surrounded by a tiered structure designed to allow spectators to stand or sit and view the event.

It served as the home of K League side Gyeongnam FC and National League side Changwon City FC prior to the construction of the Changwon Football Center in 2009.

K League association football league

K League is South Korea's professional association football league including the first division K League 1 and the second division K League 2.

Gyeongnam FC association football club

Gyeongnam FC is a South Korean football club based in Gyeongsangnam-do. Its home stadium is in Changwon, the capital of South Gyeongsang Province. Gyeongnam FC was founded in 2006 and joined the K League as its 14th club for the 2006 season.

Korea National League

The Korea National League is an association football league, the third tier of the South Korean football league system. It consists of 8 clubs. The league is considered a semi-professional league, but every player in the National League is a full-time professional footballer.

It is named Orange Stadium by Gyeongnam FC's supporters.

2007 U-17 World Cup

The stadium was one of the venues of the 2007 U-17 World Cup, and held the following matches:

DateTeamResultTeamRound
20 AugustFlag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 2–4Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia Group E
20 AugustFlag of Tajikistan.svg  Tajikistan 4–3Flag of the United States.svg  United States Group E
23 AugustFlag of the United States.svg  United States 1–3Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia Group E
23 AugustFlag of Tajikistan.svg  Tajikistan 0–1Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Group E
26 AugustFlag of Germany.svg  Germany 5–0Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago Group F
29 AugustFlag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia 1–3Flag of France.svg  France Second Round
1 SeptemberFlag of Peru.svg  Peru 0–2Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana Quarter-final

Changwon Gymnasium

Changwon Gymnasium is home of Changwon LG Sakers in the Korean Basketball League.

Changwon LG Sakers basketball team

Changwon LG Sakers are a basketball team located in the city of Changwon in South Gyeongsang Province, South Korea. The team's main sponsor is LG Electronics which has its offices in Changwon.

Korean Basketball League sports league

The Korean Basketball League, often abbreviated to the KBL, is the pre-eminent professional men's basketball league in South Korea. Its inaugural season was in 1997. The season starts in October and ends in April the following year. The KBL consists of ten teams. Each team plays 54 games. Each team is allowed to have two foreign players. Foreign players in the league are almost always either a forward or center.

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    Coordinates: 35°14′1.92″N128°39′52.91″E / 35.2338667°N 128.6646972°E / 35.2338667; 128.6646972