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Le Stade Chapou (or Stade Jacques-Chapou) was a stadium that was located on rue des Amidonniers in
Toulouse Toulouse (, ; ; ) is a city in southern France, the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Haute-Garonne department and of the Occitania (administrative region), Occitania region. The city is on the banks of the Garonne, River Garonne, from ...
. It was called Stade du T.O.E.C. before World War II, then Stade du Général Huntziger during the war, then Stade Chapou after the war (in tribute to Jacques Chapou (1909-1944), French Resistant). The stadium was destroyed in 1965 for building a residence of students for the faculty.


1938 FIFA World Cup

The Stade du T.O.E.C. in the old Parc des Sports was one of the venues of the
1938 FIFA World Cup The 1938 FIFA World Cup was the 3rd edition of the FIFA World Cup, World Cup, the quadrennial international Association football, football championship for senior men's national teams. It was held in France from 4 to 19 June 1938. Italy national ...
, and held the following matches (initially planned to the new stadium of the new Parc des Sports): {{1938 FIFA World Cup stadiums 1938 FIFA World Cup Sports venues in Toulouse