Julio Martínez Prádanos National Stadium

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The Julio Martínez Prádanos National Stadium (Spanish: Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos, Latin American Spanish pronunciation: [esˈtaðjo nasjoˈnal ˈxuljo maɾˈtines ˈpɾaðanos]) is an association football stadium in Santiago, Chile. Located in the Ñuñoa commune, it is part of the National Stadium Sports Park, a 62 hectare sporting complex which also features tennis courts, an aquatics center, a modern gymnasium, a velodrome, a BMX circuit, and an assistant ground/warmup athletics track. Construction began in February 1937 and the stadium was inaugurated on 3 December 1938. The architecture was based on the Olympiastadion in Berlin, Germany. The stadium was one of the venues for the FIFA World Cup in 1962, and hosted the final where Brazil defeated Czechoslovakia 3–1. In 1948, the stadium hosted the matches of the South American Championship of Champions, the competition that inspired the creation of the UEFA Champions League and of the Copa Libertadores. The stadium was notoriously...

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