The Poststadion is a multi-use stadium

Stadium

A modern stadium is a place or venue for outdoor sports, concerts, or other events and consists of a field or stage either partly or completely surrounded by a structure designed to allow spectators to stand or sit and view the event.)Pausanias noted that for about half a century the only event...

 in the Moabit

Moabit

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 district of Berlin

Berlin

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, Germany

Germany

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, built in 1929 for the sports club of the German Reichspost

Reichspost

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 at the site of a former Prussian Uhlan

Uhlan

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 parade ground. A designated landmark since 1990, its stands and terrace are currently under reconstruction. The fields are used mostly for regional football

Football (soccer)

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 and host the home matches of SC Minerva 93 Berlin and SC Union 06 Berlin, since 2008 also of SV Yeşilyurt Berlin

SV Yesilyurt Berlin

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 and Berlin AK 07

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The stadium today holds 15,005 people and is all-seater. Before, it held up to 45,000 spectators, who on 10 May 1930 saw the German national football team

Germany national football team

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 playing 3-3 against England

England national football team

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, one of the first encounters of the two teams. Richard Hofmann

Richard Hofmann

Richard Hofmann was a German football player. He played in 25 internationals for Germany as a centre forward, scoring 24 goals, including the first ever international hat-trick against England by a player from outside the home nations.-Life and career:He was born in Meerane, Saxony, Germany, and...

 scored all three goals for Germany before England's David Jack

David Jack

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 finally equalised.

After the Deutsches Stadion

Deutsches Stadion (Berlin)

Deutsches Stadion was a multi-use stadium in Berlin, Germany. It was initially used as the stadium of German football championship matches. It was replaced by the current Olympic Stadium in 1936. The capacity of the stadium was 64,000 spectators. Located in the Grunewald Race Course was due to...

 in Charlottenburg

Charlottenburg

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 had been closed in 1934, the Poststadion became the site of the German championship final. FC Schalke 04

FC Schalke 04

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 won with 2-1 over 1. FC Nuremberg, who themselves gained the title two years later in a 2-1 match against Fortuna Düsseldorf

Fortuna Düsseldorf

' is a German association football club based in Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, currently playing in the second tier of German league football, the 2. Fußball-Bundesliga...

. The stadium was also used as a boxing arena, when on 7 July 1935 Max Schmeling

Max Schmeling

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 won against Paulino Uzcudun

Paulino Uzcudun

Paulino Uzcudun Eizmendi was a Basque heavyweight boxer, who is considered to be the greatest heavyweight from Spain. Uzkudun is another variation on the spelling of his last name. He was the youngest of 9 siblings. In his youth, he became an Aizkolari or traditional competitive Basque wood chopper...

 after twelve rounds.

Several football

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 matches during the 1936 Summer Olympics

1936 Summer Olympics

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 were held at the Poststadion, where on 7 August outsider Norway

Norway national football team

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 in front of 55,000 spectators kicked Germany out of the tournament by a 2-0 win in the quarter finals. The Nazi leadership including Adolf Hitler

Adolf Hitler

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 witnessed the defeat, whereafter team manager Otto Nerz

Otto Nerz

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 was dismissed and replaced by Sepp Herberger

Sepp Herberger

Josef "Sepp" Herberger was a German football player and manager...

. Major football events afterwards were held at the Olympiastadion

Olympic Stadium (Berlin)

The Olympiastadion is a sports stadium in Berlin, Germany. There have been two stadiums on the site: the present facility, and one that is called the Deutsches Stadion which was built for the aborted 1916 Summer Olympics. Both were designed by members of the same family, the first by Otto March...

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