{"id":272,"date":"2011-11-23T22:22:30","date_gmt":"2011-11-23T22:22:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stadiumguide.nl\/?p=272"},"modified":"2017-04-04T11:16:21","modified_gmt":"2017-04-04T11:16:21","slug":"cuauhtemoc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stadiumguide.com\/cuauhtemoc\/","title":{"rendered":"Estadio Cuauht\u00e9moc"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Estadio<\/p>\n

Key facts<\/h3>\n

Club: Puebla FC | Opening: 1968 | Capacity: 51,726 seats<\/p>\n

History and description<\/h3>\n

Estadio Cuauht\u00e9moc was built to serve as one of the playing venues of the football tournament of the 1968 Olympics. It was designed by the same architect that also designed Estadio Azteca<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Estadio Cuauhtemoc officially opened on 6 October 1968, just before the start of the games. The official first match was one between the Mexican national team and the Czech Republic Olympic team (1-1), but before this match a warm-up a match had already been played by Puebla and America.<\/p>\n

Two years later the stadium was also one of the five playing venues of the 1970 World Cup, hosting three group matches.<\/p>\n

Capacity of the stadium was initially 35,000, but this was increased for the 1986 World Cup to 42,648 by building two extra\u00a0tiers\u00a0on both long sides.<\/p>\n

During the 1986 World Cup,\u00a0Estadio Cuauhtemoc hosted two group matches, a round of 16 match, the quarter-final between Belgium and Spain (1-1), and the match for third place between France and Belgium (4-2).<\/p>\n

In 2015, the stadium underwent a large redevelopment, including a new outer facade, the construction of extra tiers on both ends, and the installation of new seats. This raised capacity with about 10,000 seats to over 51,000.<\/p>\n\n\n \t\t\n\t\t\t\t