France
Stade Chaban-Delmas
Stade Chaban-Delmas, known as Parc Lescure until 2001, is a football and rugby union stadium in Bordeaux. It is the home ground of FC Girondins de Bordeaux. It has a capacity of 34 000 places and opened in 1938. Its current name is a tribute to Bordeaux's former mayor from 1947 to 1995, Jacques Chaban-Delmas. The stadium was also known for the Battle of Bordeaux, an informal name for the FIFA World Cup match between Brazil and Czechoslovakia in June 1938. The match had several brutal fouls by both sides, due to the lax officiating of Hungarian referee Paul von Hertzka. The stadium also hosted a Heineken Cup final. It hosted two matches of the 1999 Rugby World Cup and four matches of the 2007 Rugby World Cup.
