Water Drop | |
 Tianjin Olympic Center in April 2007 | |
 Interactive map of Tianjin Olympic Center 天津奥林匹克中心 | |
| Location | Tianjin, China |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 39°4′24″N117°10′10″E / 39.07333°N 117.16944°E /39.07333; 117.16944 |
| Public transit |  Tiyuzhongxin |
| Owner | Tianjin Government |
| Operator | IRENA Group |
| Capacity | 54,696 |
| Construction | |
| Built | 2003–2007 |
| Opened | August 2007 |
| Construction cost | 1.5 billionRMB |
| Architect | AXS Satow |
| Tenants | |
| Tianjin Jinmen Tiger Tianjin Tianhai (formerly) | |
TheTianjin Olympic Centre (simplified Chinese:天津奥林匹克中心;traditional Chinese:天津奧林匹克中心;pinyin:Tiānjīn Àolínpǐkè Zhōngxīn), often colloquially referred to as theWater Drop (Chinese:水滴;pinyin:Shuǐdī), is a sports complex with amulti-use stadium namedTianjin Olympic Centre Stadium inTianjin,China. Construction started in August 2003 and was completed in August 2007. It was the home stadium ofTianjin Jinmen Tiger.
The stadium hosted games for the2007 FIFA Women's World Cup andFootball preliminaries at the2008 Summer Olympics. It also hosted the Athletics competitions at the2017 National Games of China.
It covers 78,000 square meters and has a capacity of 54,696 seats. It as a length of 380 meters (1,250 ft), a width of 270 meters (890 ft), and a height of 53 meters (174 ft). The stadium is nicknamed "The Water Drop" because the outside of the venue was designed to resemble a drop of water. The stadium cost nearly 1.5 billionYuan. The architects were AXS Satow.[1]
In 2011, the venue hosted a football match between Tianjin TEDA and the Spanish sideReal Madrid, the first sports club with 100 million followers on Instagram.[2][3]
The stadium houses sports facilities, exhibition halls, conference rooms and gyms. It also has the capacity for entertainment and shopping complexes. American singer and recording artistMariah Carey performedThe Elusive Chanteuse Show in the stadium on 17 October 2014 and thus making her as the only international artist to have visited Tianjin.
| Date | Stage | Team | Res. | Team | Att. |
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| 18 September 2007 | Group B |  North Korea | 1–2 |  Sweden | 33,196 |
| 20 September 2007 | Group D |  China | 2–0 |  New Zealand | 55,832 |
| 22 September 2007 | Quarter-finals |  United States | 3–0 |  England | 29,586 |
| 23 September 2007 | Quarter-finals |  Brazil | 3–2 |  Australia | 35,061 |
| 26 September 2007 | Semi-finals |  Germany | 3–0 |  Norway | 35,061 |
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