The Stade Océane (; or Grand Stade du Havre) is a
football stadium in
Le Havre
Le Havre is a major port city in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy (administrative region), Normandy region of northern France. It is situated on the right bank of the estuary of the Seine, river Seine on the English Channel, Channe ...
, France. Its capacity is 25,178 all-seated and it is the home ground of club
Le Havre AC. It replaced the
Stade Jules Deschaseaux as the club's home stadium. Its inauguration was 12 July 2012, with a friendly fixture between Le Havre and
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 ...
.
2019 FIFA Women's World Cup
The stadium was chosen to host matches up to the quarter-finals of the
2019 FIFA Women's World Cup
The 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup was the eighth edition of the FIFA Women's World Cup, the quadrennial international Women's association football, football championship contested by 24 List of women's national association football teams, women's ...
.
References
Football venues in France
Le Havre AC
Sports venues in Seine-Maritime
Buildings and structures in Le Havre
Sports venues completed in 2012
21st-century architecture in France
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