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The Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos is the national stadium of Chile. It is located in Ñuñoa, Greater Santiago. It is the largest stadium in Chile with an official capacity of almost 67,000, and is part of a large sporting complex which also features tennis courts, swimming pools, and a modern gymnasium.
Construction began in February 1937 and the stadium was inaugurated on December 3, 1938. The architecture was based on the Olympiastadion in Berlin, Germany. The stadium became infamous after its use for internment of opponents by the military regime following the 1973 Chilean coup d'état.
It is used mostly for football matches and was one of the four venues of the 1962 FIFA World Cup, hosting the opening game, a quarter final, a semi final, the third-place match, and the final. As such, it was the scene of the Chile national team's greatest-ever accomplishment, the 1-0 victory over Yugoslavia for third place on 16 June 1962. Today, the Estadio Nacional serves as the home field for both the national team and first-division club Universidad de Chile. It also holds some big non-sporting events such as political celebrations or charity spectacles.
The Stadium also Hosted the final stages of the 1959 World Basketball Championship that was held outdoors due to the intended venue, the Metropolitan Indoor Stadium, not ready in time for the original date of 1958. Currently, there is a group of Chilean politicians trying to change the name to Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos, in honor of a recently deceased journalist.
The highest attendance for a match at Estadio Nacional to date is 85,268, for a Primera Division match, when Universidad de Chile beats Universidad Catolica 4-1 on December 29, 1962.
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