NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Olympisch Stadion (Amsterdam)

The Olympisch Stadion was built as the main stadium for the 1928 Summer Olympics. It was designed by the architect Jan Wils. Image File history File links Amsterdam_Olympisch_Stadion. ... Image File history File links Amsterdam_Olympisch_Stadion. ... The Games of the IX Olympiad were held in 1928 in Amsterdam, Netherlands. ... Categories: Stub | 1891 births | 1972 deaths | Dutch architects ...

As completed, the stadium had a capacity of 34,000. However, after the construction of De Kuip in Rotterdam in 1937, the authorities in Amsterdam increased the size of the Olympisch Stadion to 64,000 to compete. After the Olympics, the stadium was used regularly for various sporting events, including athletics, speedway, field hockey and cycling (in 1954, the Tour de France started outside the stadium). However, it was football that remained the most popular. It was both the home ground of Blauw Wit FC and BVC Amsterdam (later merged into FC Amsterdam), while AFC Ajax used the stadium for games in which the crowd was expected to exceed the capacity of its own De Meer Stadion, or for midweek games which required the use of floodlights (which the De Meer was not initially built with). Ajax continued this arrangement until 1996 with the opening of the Amsterdam ArenA. After Ajax left the stadium, it was refurbished into the original construction (removing the second ring), and made suitable for track & field competitions. The Feijenoord Stadion, nicknamed de Kuip (the Tub), is a stadium in Rotterdam, completed in 1937. ... Rotterdam Location Flag Country The Netherlands Province South Holland Population 588,718 (2006) Coordinates 51Â° 55 N.; 4Â° 30 E. Website www. ... Amsterdam Location Flag Country Netherlands Province North Holland Population 742,951(1 January 2005) Demonym Amsterdammer Coordinates Website www. ... Speedway uses specially made motor bikes that have no brakes, run on methanol, use only one gear, and must weigh a minimum of 80 kg. ... A game of field hockey in progress Field hockey is a popular sport for men and women in many countries around the world. ... This road bicycle is built using lightweight, shaped aluminium tubing and carbon fiber stays and forks. ... 1954 (MCMLIV) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Le Tour de France (Tour of France), often referred to as La Grande Boucle, Le Tour or The Tour, is the most famous and prestigious road bicycle race in the world. ... Football (soccer) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... History Blauw-Wit (Blue-White) is a Dutch football club form Amsterdam. ... Amsterdamsche Football Club Ajax (Euronext: AJAX) also referred to as Ajax Amsterdam, AFC Ajax, or simply Ajax (pronounced Ah-yahx), is a football club from Amsterdam, Netherlands. ... De Meer is the name of the former stadium of Ajax Amsterdam. ... The Amsterdam ArenA is a football stadium in Amsterdam, Netherlands, in Amsterdam Zuidoost, near the Bijlmermeer quarter. ...

Olympisch Stadion was home to the NFL Europe American football team the Amsterdam Admirals for the 1995 and 1996 seasons. It hosted the 1995 World Bowl in which the hometown Admirals lost 26-22 to the Frankfurt Galaxy in front of over 23,000 fans. When the Admirals were forced to schedule their last home game of the 2000 season against the Scottish Claymores away from the ArenA as Euro 2000 preparations were finalised, they made a return to the venue in what turned out to be one of the most unusual games in American football history. One of the end zones was ruled unsafe by the officials, so it was decided that the teams would change ends at every change of posession and play towards the other end zone. NFL Europe logo Old World League of American Football (WLAF) logo The NFL Europe League is an American football league which operates in Europe. ... United States simply as football, is a competitive team sport that is both fast-paced and strategic. ... The Amsterdam Admirals are a team in NFL Europe, a league of American football operated in Europe primarily as a developmental league for the National Football League. ... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The World Bowl is the American football Championship game of the NFL Europe, similar to the Super Bowl of the NFL. When the NFL Europe was founded in 1991 as World League of American Football (WLAF), with teams in North America and Europe as well as expansion plans for Asia... Year Founded 1991 Home Field Commerzbank-Arena City Frankfurt, Germany Team Colors Purple, Orange Head Coach Mike Jones Championships 3 (1995, 1999, 2003) The Frankfurt Galaxy is an American football team based in Frankfurt, Germany. ... This article is about the year 2000. ... Year Founded 1995 Year Retired 2004 Cities Glasgow/Edinburgh, Scotland Team Colors Navy Blue, Royal Blue, Silver and White Championships 1 (1996) The Scottish Claymores were an American football franchise that played in NFL Europe from 1995 to 2004. ... The 2000 UEFA European Championship, or Euro 2000, was the 11th edition of the UEFA European Championship, a competition between the national football teams of Europe held every four years and organised by UEFA, footballs governing body in Europe. ... The end zone is a term in both Canadian football and American football. ...

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