Rudolf-Kalweit-Stadion

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Rudolf-Kalweit-Stadion
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Rudolf-Kalweit-Stadion
Former namesStadion Bischofsholer Damm
Location Hanover, Germany
Owner Arminia Hannover
Capacity 18,000
Record attendance20,000
Construction
Built1918
Renovated1976
Tenants
Arminia Hannover (Football)
Hannover Spartans (American football)
Germany (Rugby union)

The Rudolf-Kalweit-Stadion is an association football and rugby union stadium in Hanover, Germany. It is the home ground and owned by the football team Arminia Hannover and also frequently used for international games of the Germany national rugby union team. [1] Additionally, the American football team Hannover Spartans also uses the ground. [2]

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In its 2008-2010 European Nations Cup First Division and in its 2014–16 European Nations Cup First Division campaign, Germany played one of its five home games at the stadium. [3] [4]

History

Opened in 1918, it was formerly called the Stadion Bischofsholer Damm until 2005. [5] The stadium is a purpose-built rectangular football stadium. The standing rank of the stadium behind one of the goals was pulled down in favour of a widening of the road behind it, the Bischofsholer Damm, in 1963. Arminia was asked to move their home ground for the road widening but declined. [2] No flood lights are installed. The roof of the grand stand is actually from the Stadion Rote Erde , the former home ground of Borussia Dortmund, the roof having been moved to Hanover in 1976. [2] [6]

During the Second World War, the stadium was hit by three aerial bombs and was therefore unavailable for Arminia in the early post-war days. [2]

In 2005, the stadium was renamed to its current name, in honour of long-term Arminia member Rudolf Kalweit. [2]

With over 8,000 spectators, Germany's home game against the Netherlands at the stadium in April 2007 achieved the best crowd figures for a rugby match in Germany since the pre-Second World War days. [7] The ground's record crowd was achieved in April 1960, when almost 20,000 people saw a 6–1 victory of Arminia versus the Bremer SV. [2]

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References

  1. ↑ Germany at the IRB website Archived 24 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine accessed: 13 March 2010
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Arminia Hannover website (in German) Stadium info, accessed: 29 March 2010
  3. ↑ Germany international results scrum.com, accessed: 13 March 2010
  4. ↑ ENC 2016: DRV XV schafft nach Unentschieden gegen Spanien den EM-Klassenerhalt Archived 25 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine rugby.de, accessed: 20 March 2016
  5. ↑ The Rudolf-Kalweit-Stadion at weltfussball.de (in German) accessed: 29 March 2010
  6. ↑ Arminia Hannover Archived 19 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine (in German) stadionsuche.de, accessed: 29 March 2010
  7. ↑ Germany - Netherlands report (in German) totalrugby.de, accessed: 28 March 2010

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