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VENUES

Germany in 2006 had a plethora of football stadia which satisfied FIFA's minimum capacity of 40,000 for World Cup matches. The still-standing Olympiastadion in Munich (69,250) was not used even though FIFA's regulations allow one city to use two stadia; Düsseldorf's LTU Arena (51,500), Bremen's Weserstadion (43,000) and Mönchengladbach's Borussia-Park (46,249) were also unemployed during the tournament.

Twelve stadia were selected to host the World Cup matches. During the tournament, many of the stadia were known by different names, as FIFA prohibits sponsorship of stadia unless the stadium sponsors were also official FIFA sponsors.[10] For example, the Allianz Arena in Munich was known during the competition as FIFA World Cup Stadium, Munich (or in German: FIFA WM-Stadion München), and even the letters of the company Allianz were removed or covered.[10] These new names are reflected in the table in the brackets. Some of the stadia also had a lower capacity for the World Cup, as FIFA regulations ban standing room; nonetheless, this was accommodated as several stadiums had an UEFA 5-star ranking.

Olympiastadion
Location: BerlinCapacity: 74,176 Club: Hertha BSC Signal Iduna Park

FIFA World Cup Stadium, Dortmund
Location: DortmundCapacity: 67,000 Club: Borussia Dortmund Allianz Arena

FIFA World Cup Stadium, Munich
Location: MunichCapacity: 66,016 Clubs: Bayern München, TSV 1860 München

Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion, Stuttgart
Location: StuttgartCapacity: 54,267Club: VfB Stuttgart Veltins-Arena

FIFA World Cup Stadium, Gelsenkirchen
Location: GelsenkirchenCapacity: 53,804Club: FC Schalke 04 AOL Arena

FIFA World Cup Stadium, Hamburg
Location: HamburgCapacity: 51,055Club: Hamburger SV Commerzbank-Arena

FIFA World Cup Stadium, Frankfurt
Location: FrankfurtCapacity: 48,132Club: Eintracht Frankfurt RheinEnergieStadion

FIFA World Cup Stadium, Cologne
Location: CologneCapacity: 46,134Club: 1. FC Köln AWD-Arena

FIFA World Cup Stadium, Hanover
Location: HanoverCapacity: 44,652Club: Hannover 96

Zentralstadion
Location: LeipzigCapacity: 44,199Club: FC Sachsen Leipzig Fritz-Walter-Stadion

Fritz-Walter-Stadion
Location: KaiserslauternCapacity: 43,450Club: 1. FC Kaiserslautern


EasyCredit-Stadion ,Frankenstadium
Location: NurembergCapacity: 41,926Club: 1. FC Nuremberg


Berlin's Brandenburg Gate during the tournament.