Olympiastadion (Munich, Germany). Opened in 1972. It seats 69,250 spectators.
The final match of the first UEFA Champions League in the 1992/93 season took place at the Olympiastadion in Munich. Marseille and Milan fought for the trophy. The meeting, which took place on May 23, 1993, ended with the victory of the French team with a score of 1:0.
Second final of the main club tournament The Munich arena hosted Europe in 1997. Borussia Dortmund defeated Juventus 3-1 in that match.
Olympic Stadium (Athens, Greece). Opened in 1982, renovated in 2002-2004. It seats 69,618 spectators.
The Olympic stadium in the capital of Greece can be called happy for Milan. After losing the final of the 1992/93 season, the Italian club again reached the decisive stage of the tournament the following year, where they defeated Barcelona 4-0.
After 13 years, the Rossoneri are back on the field Olympic Stadium Athens as a contender for the trophy, and once again they managed to win, this time over Liverpool - 2:1.
"Ernst Happel Stadion" (Vienna, Austria). Opened in 1931, renovated twice - in 1986 and 2008. It seats 55,665 spectators.
The arena in the capital of Austria hosted the 1994/95 Champions League final, and Milan participated in it for the third time in a row. Like two years earlier, the Italians lost 0-1, but this time to Ajax.
"Stadium Olimpico" (Italy, Rome). Opened in 1937, the last reconstruction was carried out in 1989-1990. It seats 72,698 spectators.
In the 1995/96 season, Ajax came to Rome in the status of the current Champions League winner, but the Dutch club failed to defend their title. Already in the first half of the match with Juventus, the teams exchanged goals, after which they brought the matter to a penalty shootout. “Bianconeri” were more accurate and won the main club trophy in Europe.
The Olympic Stadium in Rome won the right to once again host the 2008/09 Champions League final, but this time the local teams failed to make it to the decisive stage of the tournament. Barcelona won the trophy this year by beating Manchester United 2-0.
"Amsterdam Arena" (Amsterdam, the Netherlands). Opened in 1996. It seats 54,990 spectators.
The stadium, now named after Johan Cruyff, hosted the Champions League final just two years after it opened. In May 1998, Real Madrid and Juventus met at the Amsterdam Arena. The match ended 1-0 in favor of the Madrid club.
Camp Nou (Barcelona, Spain). Opened in 1957, it was reconstructed twice - in 1995 and 2008. It seats 99,354 spectators.
Barcelona's stadium has seen many memorable matches, but the 1998/99 Champions League final stands alone. That meeting between Bayern and Manchester United can be called legendary without exaggeration. The Germans took the lead already in the 6th minute and controlled the course of the game until the last minutes, but two goals scored by the Mancunians in injury time of the second half brought victory to Manchester United.
"Stade de France" (Saint-Denis, France). Opened in 1998. It seats 81,338 spectators.
The arena, built on the outskirts of Paris, became the venue for the Champions League final in the 1999/2000 season for the first time. The meeting between Real Madrid and Valencia ended with a confident victory of the Madrid club with a score of 3:0. This was the first time in the history of the Champions League that clubs from the same country played in the final.
Six years later, in the 2005/06 season, Barcelona and Arsenal competed for the trophy at the Stade de France. The Londoners, who played in the minority from the 18th minute after the removal of goalkeeper Jens Lehmann, opened the scoring 10 minutes before the break, but in the second half goals from Samuel Eto'o and Juliano Belletti brought victory to the Catalans - 2:1.
"San Siro" (Milan, Italy). Opened in 1926. The last renovation took place in 1989. Accommodates 80,018 spectators.
The San Siro Stadium was renamed in honor of Giuseppe Meazza in 1979, but the historical name of the arena remains the most popular and recognizable all over the world. The Champions League final has been played here twice.
In the 2000/01 season, Bayern and Valencia spent in Milan dramatic match, in which 11-meter kicks played the main role. Already in the 2nd minute, Gaiska Mendieta took the Spaniards ahead from the penalty spot, and after 4 minutes the goalkeeper of the “Bats” Santiago Canizares repelled the 11-meter shot by Mehmet Scholl. At the beginning of the second half, Stefan Effenberg equalized from the penalty spot, and the fate of the match was decided in a series of post-match strikes, in which the Bayern players were more accurate.
Fifteen years later, in May 2016, Real and Atlético in the same arena almost exactly repeated the scenario of the game between Bayern and Valencia. Regular time also ended with a score of 1:1, in extra time the teams failed to distinguish themselves, and in the penalty shootout the victory was won by the "Royal Club".
Hampden Park (Glasgow, Scotland). Opened in 1903. Refurbished in 1999. It seats 51,866 spectators.
Real Madrid and Bayer 04 took to the Hampden Park field in the Champions League final in May 2002, and six months later the arena celebrated its 99th anniversary. The match itself ended with a score of 2:1 in favor of Real Madrid and was remembered for the most beautiful goal of Zinedine Zidane from the penalty line.
Old Trafford (Manchester, England). Opened in 1910. The last renovation was carried out in 2006. It seats 74,879 spectators.
2nd in modern history The Champions League final with the participation of teams representing one country took place in the 2002/2003 season. In the decisive match of the tournament, which took place in Manchester, met "Milan" and "Juventus". The main and additional time ended with the score 0:0, and in the penalty shoot-out, the victory for Milan was brought by Andriy Shevchenko's exact shot.
Veltins Arena (Gelsenkirchen, Germany). Opened in 2001. Last time The capacity of the stadium was increased in 2015, today it is 62,271 people.
The current name of the arena has been since the summer of 2005, previously it was called the Arena AufSchalke. The stadium hosted matches of the world championships in football and hockey. Since 2002, the annual Christmas race of biathlon stars has been held here.
The 2004 Champions League Final, held in Gelsenkirchin, is one of the most memorable for fans from Russia, as one of the goals was scored by Dmitry Alenichev. Midfielder "Porto" set the final score of the match against "Monaco" (3:0). The Portuguese team at that time was led by José Mourinho, who became the youngest head coach in history to win the main club trophy in Europe.
Olympic Stadium (Istanbul, Turkey). Opened in 2002. It seats 80,500 spectators.
The stadium in Istanbul was built for the proposed 2008 Summer Olympics, but Turkey's bid did not win the required number of votes, and the Olympics took place in Beijing. Currently, the arena in Istanbul bears the name of the first president of Turkey, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, and is the largest in the country.
The Istanbul Champions League final in 2005 is arguably the greatest in the history of the tournament. In the decisive match, "Milan" after the first half smashed "Liverpool" with a score of 3:0, but in the second half of the meeting, goals from Gerrard, Schmicer and Alonso turned everything upside down. In extra time goals scored was not, and the British club turned out to be stronger in the penalty shootout.
Luzhniki (Moscow, Russia). Opened in 1956. The last renovation was carried out in 2017. It seats 81,000 spectators.
For the first time, Russia received the right to host the 2007/08 Champions League final, and this honorable mission was entrusted to the Luzhniki Grand Sports Arena. Chelsea and Manchester United fought for the trophy, which was the first time that two English teams met in the decisive match of the Champions League.
The game caused great excitement among the fans in both England and Russia, more than 67 thousand spectators were present in the stands. In the middle of the first half, Cristiano Ronaldo put Manchester United ahead, but just before the break, Frank Lampard equalized. The second half and extra time passed without goals scored, and the Mancunians were more accurate in the penalty shootout.
"Santiago Bernabeu" (Madrid, Spain). Opened in 1947. The last reconstruction was carried out in 2001. It seats 81,044 spectators.
The home arena of one of the most successful clubs in modern football hosted the Champions League final only once - in the 2009/10 season, but this is the only match so far made history.
In the Madrid final met "Inter" and "Bayern". The match ended with a score of 2:0 in favor of the Italian club, and José Mourinho, who was working with the Nerazzurri at that moment, became the third coach in history who managed to win the Champions Cup with two different teams (now there are already five of them: in addition to the Portuguese, this is Ernst Happel, Ottmar Hitzfeld, Jupp Heynckes and Carlo Ancelotti).
An interesting fact is that in the 2010 final of the Milanese there was only one Italian - Marco Materazzi, and he appeared on the field in the 90th minute of the match.
Wembley (London, England). Opened in 2007. Accommodates 90,000 spectators.
The new Wembley was built on the site of the legendary arena, which hosted World and European Championship matches, the Olympic Games and many European Cup finals.
The final match of the 2010/11 Champions League, which took place at the new Wembley, in a sense turned out to be home for Manchester United, but this did not help the Mancunians to win the trophy. Led by the trio Xavi-Iniesta-Messi, Barcelona won 3-1.
In 2013, Wembley hosted the first "German" Champions League final between Bayern and Borussia Dortmund. The victory and the cup for the Bavarians was brought by an accurate shot by Arjen Robben, who in the 89th minute set the final score - 2:1.
Allianz Arena (Munich, Germany). Opened in 2005. It seats 67,812 spectators.
The decisive match of the Champions League of the 2011/12 season was the first final of the tournament, which was held at the home stadium of one of the participants in the meeting - Bayern hosted Chelsea in Munich. The scoring was opened only in the 83rd minute after a strike by the hosts forward Thomas Muller, but five minutes later the Londoners attack leader Didier Drogba restored the balance.
The fate of the trophy was decided in a penalty shootout. Bayern take the lead again accurate strike Philip Lama and Juan Mata's miss, but then the guests' players realized all their attempts, while the German team's players made two misfires. Thus, Chelsea won the Champions League for the first time in its history.
Millennium (Cardiff, Wales). Opened in 1999. It seats 73,930 spectators.
The home arena of the Wales national team was opened at the turn of the millennium, having received the appropriate name, but in 2016 the stadium received a new name - Principality Stadium, which with a certain amount of imagination can be translated simply as "The Prince's Stadium", since Wales is part of the United Kingdom, and the Queen's son Elizabeth II Charles bears the title of Prince of Wales.
But back to the Champions League. The final of the main European club tournament took place here in 2017, and the participants in that match were Real and Juventus. Madrid won 4-1 to win a second Champions League title in a row, and football fans will remember that meeting with the super goal of Turin striker Mario Mandzukic.
Metropolitano (Madrid, Spain). Opened in 1994. Renovated in 2017. It seats 67,700 spectators.
Liverpool and Tottenham met in the 2019 Champions League final. The final was the first in Tottenham's history, and the first since the 2013 final, where at least one player did not play. spanish club. Liverpool, who reached the final for the second time in a row, won the match 2-0. In his third Champions League final as head coach, Jurgen Klopp won the trophy.
11th century beginnings
The earliest recognizable relative to tennis, as we know it, was "jeu de paume", played in 11th century France. Played in a monastery courtyard, the game used the walls and sloping roofs as part of the court and the palm of the hand to hit the ball.
Tennis overtakes croquet
By the late 19th century, the popularity of lawn tennis had overtaken croquet in England. For this reason, the All England Croquet Club embraced the sport and designated certain croquet lawns to be used for tennis. It was this natural supply of venues combined with the already existing framework for a racquet game that resulted in the birth of the modern game in England.
An international sport
In 1913, lawn tennis was becoming increasingly popular worldwide. Therefore it seemed natural that the existing National Tennis Associations should join forces to ensure the game was uniformly structured. An international conference was held between 12 nations in Paris and the International Lawn Tennis Federation (ILTF) was created.
professional dilemma
Tennis has a long Olympic history but withdrew from the program after 1924. It did not return as a medal sport until 1988. Professionals are now welcome to compete, and the Olympic competition includes men "s and women" s singles and men "s and women" s doubles.
Tennis is a game with a ball and rackets on a special court (a court 23.77 m long and 8.23 m wide), divided by a net fixed at a height of 1.07 m. The mesh is stretched over square and round posts with a side and a diameter of not more than 15 cm.
Known since the days of the old French game, scoring is based on dividing the day into 24 hours (up to 24 games were played). In turn, hours were divided into four quarters; each successful ball was equal to one quarter of an hour - 15 minutes corresponded to 15 points. Thus, one game lasted up to 60 points, and the count was as follows: 15, 30, 45, 60. Over time, the number of games was reduced to 6 in one set, and every third successful ball is now counted as 10 points, i.e. 40 is declared instead of 45.
OLYMPIC GAMES
Tennis competitions first appeared at the 1896 Games in Athens and continued until the 1924 Olympic Games in Paris, after which they were canceled. Then tennis was twice included in the program of the Games as a demonstration sport, until it was again included in the competitive program of the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul. Initially, the competitions were men's, women's disciplines appeared at the 1900 Games in Paris.
RUSSIA
On August 18, 1878, the "Manifesto on the worldwide development of lawn tennis in Russia" was proclaimed by an initiative group headed by writer and historian Dmitry Solovyov. By the beginning of the 20th century, there were 12 large tennis clubs in Russia.
The most titled tennis player in Russia is still Yevgeny Kafelnikov - the winner of two Grand Slam tournaments (Roland Garros 1996 and Australian open 1999) and Olympic champion Sydney 2000 in singles. Marat Safin also won Grand Slam tournaments twice (Australian Open-2005 and US Open-2000).
The most titled tennis player in Russia is Maria Sharapova. She won the Grand Slam tournaments five times (Wimbledon 2004, US Open 2006, Australian Open 2008 and twice at Roland Garros - in 2012 and 2014).
In 2008 in Beijing, Elena Dementieva became the champion of the Games. This medal is the second in Dementieva's collection. Olympic Games: in 2000 in Sydney, a Russian woman won a silver award. tennis tournament in Beijing was a real triumph for the Russian women's tennis: the entire podium was occupied by representatives of the national tennis school. The silver medal was won by Dinara Safina, the bronze by Vera Zvonareva.
Successful performance at the Olympics continued in London in 2012. Maria Sharapova won the silver medal in singles, while Nadezhda Petrova and Maria Kirilenko won bronze medals.
At the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, the Russian team again had gold medal in tennis. For the first time in history Russian tennis won in doubles Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina.
Photo - Sergey Kivrin and Andrey Golovanov
Tennis is a game with a ball and rackets on a special court (a court 23.77 m long and 8.23 m wide), divided by a net fixed at a height of 1.07 m. The net is stretched over square and round posts with a side and diameter of no more than 15 cm. The goal of the game is to send the ball to the opponent’s half with a racket hit so that he cannot beat it back or beat it off in violation of the rules. 2 players (or 2 teams of 2) are on opposite sides of the net. One of them is the server and puts the ball into play, serves. The second player is the receiver. The task of the players is to direct the ball with the blows of the racket to the side of the opponent, while hitting the ball into the boundaries of the court. The player must have time to hit the ball before it touches the court more than once. The player who makes the mistake loses the rally and his opponent scores a point. Players need to collect points to win games. By gaining games, one of the players wins the set. To win a match, you need to win 2 out of 3 or 3 out of 5 sets. As soon as one of the players reaches the required number of won sets, the match ends.