Daejeon Hanbat Sports Complex () is a sports complex, comprising a

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(including athletic facilities and a

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pitch), a

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courts, tennis courts and various other sports facilities in

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Facilities

Daejeon Hanbat Stadium

The Daejeon stadium (main stadium) has a capacity of 20,618 and opened in 1964. It was used by

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s before

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opened and the team relocated in 2001. It hosted several

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preliminaries during the

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Daejeon Baseball Stadium

Daejeon Hanbat Baseball Stadium was opened in 1965, and undergone a significant renovation and expansion in 2012. It now has a capacity of 13,500, and serves as home for

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League.

Chungmu Gymnasium

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of V-League.

Others

* Multi-purpose Gymnasium (capacity: 2,000) * Tennis courts (capacity: 384) * Auxiliary soccer pitch (capacity: 1,000) * Auxiliary training facilities * Gateball court

Name

''Hanbat'' is the original Korean name of the City of

. ''Han'' means Big and ''Bat'' means Field, hence the name of the city where the stadium rests today is a transliteration of the

hanja Hanja (; ), alternatively spelled Hancha, are Chinese characters used to write the Korean language. After characters were introduced to Korea to write Literary Chinese, they were adapted to write Korean as early as the Gojoseon period. () ...

''Dae'' (big) and ''Jeon'' (field).

References

1988 Summer Olympics official report.
Volume 1. Part 1. pp. 206–207.

External links

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