Stade Henri-Jooris was a sports

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Lille Lille (, ; ; ; ; ) is a city in the northern part of France, within French Flanders. Positioned along the Deûle river, near France's border with Belgium, it is the capital of the Hauts-de-France Regions of France, region, the Prefectures in F ...

, France. The stadium, used mostly for

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matches was able to hold 15,000 people and was home stadium of

Olympique Lillois Olympique Lillois was a French association football club from the city of Lille. Founded in 1902 they merged with SC Fives in 1944 to form Lille OSC. Honours Championnat de France *Champion: 1914, 1933 *Runner-up: 1936 Events Jan ...

and

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. Originally it was known as ''Stade de l'avenue de Dunkerque''; from 1907 to 1943, the stadium's name was the ''Stade Victor Boucquey''. That year it was renamed after the former president of Olympique Lillois Henri-Jooris (who died four years before). The stadium suffered a roof collapse during the Lens-Lille derby in February 1946. 53 spectators were injured as the structure partially collapsed during a 19th minute counterattack. The game was only delayed 20 minutes. During the

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, it hosted one game.

1938 FIFA World Cup

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