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| Former names | Shanghai Stadium |
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| Location | Yangpu District,Shanghai |
| Coordinates | 31°18′24″N121°30′55″E / 31.3068°N 121.5154°E /31.3068; 121.5154 |
| Public transit |   Jiangwan Stadium Station |
| Owner | Shanghai Municipal Government |
| Capacity | 25,000(11,000 forAFL) |
| Field size | 330m x 175m |
| Construction | |
| Opened | 1934 |
| Architect | Dong Dayou |
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| Port Adelaide Football Club (AFL) (2017–2019) Gold Coast Football Club (AFL) (2017–2018) St Kilda Football Club (AFL) (2019) | |
| Website | |
| http://www.kic-jwsc.com | |
TheJiangwan Stadium (simplified Chinese:江湾体育场;traditional Chinese:江灣體育場), formerlyShanghai Stadium, is a multi-purpose athletics stadium inShanghai.
Jiangwan Stadium was built in 1934 as part of theGreater Shanghai Plan. It hosted its firstNational Games of China in 1935.
During World War II the stadium was damaged by the Japanese during theBattle of Shanghai.[1]
TheKuomintang government repaired the stadium for the Seventh National Games in 1948. This would be the last National Games before thePeople's Republic of China was established in 1949.
It hosted theNational Games of China for the last time in 1983 when 8,943 athletes took part in 26 sports.
On 17 October 2010, the stadium hosted a post season exhibitionAustralian Football League (AFL) match between theMelbourne Demons and theBrisbane Lions.[2]
On 14 May 2017, the stadium hosted its first AFL regular season match for premiership points whenPort Adelaide played theGold Coast Suns during the2017 AFL season.[3][4] This was the first AFL premiership match to be played outside ofOceania. Port Adelaide won the match by a score of 16.14 (110) to 4.14 (38), in front of an official attendance of 10,118.[5]
On 24 October 2017, it was announced that the AFL playing surface at the stadium will now be known as Adelaide Arena, and that AFL would be returning to the stadium in 2018.
On 25 October 2018, it was announced that St Kilda would play Port Adelaide for the following three seasons in Shanghai. No game was played in 2020 due to theCOVID-19 pandemic; the match was later rescheduled to be played atMarvel Stadium in Melbourne,[6] but was eventually scrapped following the suspension of the season on 22 March.[7]
Since the COVID-19 pandemic, no AFL games have been played at the venue.St Kilda playedAdelaide atCazaly's Stadium inCairns, Queensland in 2021, before hosting Port Adelaide in Cairns the following season.[8]
| Year | Rnd | Date & local time | Team | Score | Team | Score | Attendance | Ref. |
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| 2017 | 8 | Sunday, 14 May (1:15 pm) | Gold Coast | 4.14 (38) | Port Adelaide | 16.14 (110) | 10,118 | [9][10][11] |
| 2018 | 9 | Sunday, 19 May 2018 (1:15 pm) | Gold Coast | 6.6 (42) | Port Adelaide | 11.16 (82) | 10,689 | [12][13][14] |
| 2019 | 11 | Sunday, 2 June (12:40 pm) | St Kilda | 9.15 (69) | Port Adelaide | 22.7 (139) | 9,412 | [15] |
The stadiums architecture style is ChineseArt Deco, with the stadium itself designed by Dong Dayou, responsible for many landmarks in Shanghai built as part of theGreater Shanghai Plan implementation during the 1930s.
The sport center is accessible fromJiangwan Stadium Station ofShanghai Metro.
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