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FIFA 2006 World Cup >> Host Cities >> Leipzig
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Leipzig - World Cup 2006 |
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Overview
| Population | 495,000 |
| Federal State | Sachsen |
| Airports | Leipzig/Halle Airport |
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Leipzig is one of the important cities of Germany and one of the host cities of FIFA 2006 World Cup. The city is on a rise. A perfect blend of tradition and progress can be felt everywhere. Leipzig is basically a bourgeois city and the citizens of this city have always had a deep inclination towards different types of arts. Some traces of the cultural brilliance can be traced by the "Gewandhaus Orchestra" that was founded in 1743 along with the opera house and the world famous Thomaner Choir". |
Leipzig is as rich in its sports field as in culture and tradition. The city is considered as the "Germany's City of Gymnastics" since the 19th Century. In the German Democratic Republic, Leipzig was the absolute sports center.
Soccer has played an important role in Leipzig city since long. The German Football Association, DFB, was founded in Leipzig in 1900; and VfB Leipzig achieved the first national German football title in 1903.
Many international matches have been hosted by this city and stands tall as the largest and having the most famous sports venue, the Zentralstadion. About 60,000 keep-fit enthusiasts in Leipzig exercise sports in 300 clubs, which are the soul of the sports city of Leipzig. The top athletes prepare for international events at the Olympic Training Centre Leipzig.
The many sporting ventures have made Lepizig famous not only in India but internationally. The different sporting spheres include the International Equestrian and Show Jumping event, the DFB Indoor Cup series, the Grand Prix of Germany in freestyle wrestling, the International Women's Grand Prix event in tennis, the World Cup event in women's foil fencing and the International Leipzig Six Days.
With enough Lepzig hotels-luxurious as well as cheap hotels in Leipzig, a good network of services such as Leipzig flights, accomodations in Leipzig, restaurants in Leipzig and Leipzig car rentals, this host city of FIFA World Cup is sure to draw crowd from all over the world.
To know more about the city of Leipzig click below.
| Stadium | Zentralstadion |
| Gross Capacity | 44,199 |
| Total Seating Capacity | 38,898 |
Major events at the Leipzig Zentralstadion
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- International matches of the GDR national team
- UEFA Cup matches of Lokomotive Leipzig
- Major national and international track and field events with numerous world records
- Gymnastics and sports festivals with more than 100,000 participants each
- Protestant Church Congress Closing event (1997)
- German Gymnastics Festival in 2002
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