Hanover - AWD Arena

Hanover

Located in North Germany, Hanover is a trading centre with long links to the UK. Hanover was built up on the back of trade and the brewing industry, both of which are still major sectors in the local economy. The city was heavily bombed in World War II and little of the Altstadt (Old Town) remains intact. The city takes great pride in hosting two important trade fairs: CeBit, the largest office information and telecommunications trade show held annually in March; and the Hanover Fair, an industrial fair held in April. Hanover also hosted Expo 2000 and the exhibition site at Messegelände still has many of the original exhibits in situ.

Scheduled Matches

Five World Cup games will be staged at Hanover's AWD Arena - four group matches, and one 2nd Round match. The match schedule is as follows:

Match #	Date & Time	Group	Teams		Result	Venue
9	Mon 12th Jun 21:00	E	ITA	GHA	2 - 0	Hanover
23	Fri 16th Jun 21:00	D	MEX	ANG	0 - 0	Hanover
34	Tue 20th Jun 16:00	A	CRC	POL	1 - 2	Hanover
46	Fri 23rd Jun 21:00	G	SUI	KOR	2 - 0	Hanover
56	Tue 27th Jun 21:00	R2	ESP	FRA	1 - 3	Hanover

Match times shown are local times for Germany (CEST/GMT+0200). Click on match date/time to view match statistics.

AWD Arena

After two years of major construction work Hanover stadium is ready for the World Cup. The €63 million euro modernisation programme has brought the city's former Niedersachsenstadion up to the demanding standards required of a FIFA World Cup ground. The football-only stadium - since reconstruction now called the AWD Arena - made its debut as an international venue on 16 June 2005 when Mexico and Japan met in the first round of the FIFA Confederations Cup. The stadium, and it's predecessor, have been the home ground of the Bundesliga's Hannover 96 since 1959.

The new stadium can hold 49,000 for domestic fixtures, including 7,000 standing places. For the FIFA Confederations Cup there were 44,652 seats, all under cover, and the same will be available for the 2006 FIFA World Cup.

World Cup Fan Fest in Hanover

From 9th June till 9th July Hanover will lay on free live broadcasts of all the World Cup action on the big screen and a colourful supporting programme every match day at Waterlooplatz near the city's World Cup Stadium for up to 20,000 fans. Admission to the Fan Fest will be free.

Travelling to Hanover

Hanover International Airport (HAJ), also called Langenhagen Airport with reference to the nearby town, is situated 11km north of downtown Hanover, and is the eighth largest airport in Germany.

From the airport, take the S-Bahn 5, get off at Hannover Hauptbahnhof and leave the station at the city end. The stadium is an easy walk via Bahnhofstraße , Kröpcke, Karmarschstraße and Culemannstraße, or you can take subway lines 3 and 7. Get off at the third station (Waterloo) and follow the signs to the FIFA WM-Stadion Hannover. Tickets to the matches are also valid for travel on all train, tram and bus routes with the GVH area.

As most roads in the vicinity of the stadium will be closed from 2pm on match days, the easiest way to travel to the stadium is to take the S-Bahn. See directions above.

Useful links & information:

Stadium address:

AWD Stadion
Arthur-Menge-Ufer
30169 Hannover
Tel: +49 (0)511 450 60 133