Location: Tianjin

　　Competition: Football Preliminaries

　　Category: New Competition Venue (under construction)

　　Tianjin

　　Known as "Diamond of the Bohai Gulf", Tianjin is the gateway to the Chinese capital Beijing. With a population of more than 10 million, it is one of the country's biggest industrial centers and one of the key ports. Tianjin's annual average temperature is 12.2 degrees Celsius (-4 degrees Celsius in January and 26.8 degrees Celsius in July).

　　Tianjin Olympic Center Stadium

　　Serving as one of the Football venues, the Tianjin Olympic Center Stadium covers 78,000 square meters, with a seating capacity of 60, 000. The project went into construction in August 2003 and is due for completion in 2006. Designed by AXS SAWTO Inc. (Japan), the project fully reflects the three Olympic concepts -- "Green Olympics," "High-tech Olympics," and "People's Olympics."

　　The six-floor stadium, with a length, width, and height of 380, 270, and 53 meters, respectively, can meet the standards of staging international football games and athletics. Along with such affiliated facilities as big marketplace, exhibition hall, conference room, and gym, the stadium is also able to provide the public with space for entertaining, exercising, and shopping.

　　The ground floor of the stadium includes a 22,670 square meter indoor parking lot, a 3,460 sq. m. exhibition hall, a 6,400 sq. m. dining room, a 5,930 sq. m. health care center, and a 4,010 sq. m. section for both athletes and referees.

　　The franchised stores, the health care center, and the international convention center on the first floor cover an area of 3,840, 130, and 85 sq. m., respectively.

　　The second floor contains a 4,320 sq. m. sports and exercise hall, an 85 sq. m. international convention center, and a 130 sq. m. health care center.

　　There is a 4,166 sq. m. box, a 3,030 sq. m. international convention center, and a 1,440 sq. m. health care center on the third floor, while there is a 345 sq. m. international convention center, and a 1,300 sq. m. health care center on the fourth floor.

　　The spectator stand, the 8+1 racetrack, the training field, and the turf field cover 34,740 sq. m., 4,560 sq. m., 20,000 sq. m., and 7,680 sq. m., respectively.

　　The Olympic Center Stadium is able to accommodate up to 80,000 people, including 500 of the platform and 300 of the press box.

　　The Olympic Center

　　The Tianjin Olympic Center is situated to the southwest of the city's downtown area. Covering a total of 966,000 sq. m., the Center is divided into three sections -- the competition section, the comprehensive section, and the accommodation section -- with an investment of 880 million US dollars.

　　The competition section, the comprehensive section, and the accommodation section occupy an area of 453,000 sq. m., 280,000 sq. m., and 233,000 sq. m., separately.

　　The competition section consists of a grand stadium, an aquatic sports Center, an international sports exchange center, and an existing Tianjin sports indoor stadium.

 　2008北京奧運會足球預賽天津分賽場--天津奧林匹克中心體育場。

　　天津奧林匹克中心體育場位于天津西南部的奧林匹克中心內，占地34.5公頃，建筑面積15.8萬平方米，總投資14.8億元，2003年8月動工。設計方案是由日本佐藤綜合計畫公司完成的，整體上突出了"綠色奧運"、"科技奧運"和"人文奧運"三大理念。整個中心體育場占地7.8萬平方米，建筑面積15.8萬平方米，該體育場南北長380米，東西長270米，高53米，設計分為六層。既可滿足國際足球和田徑比賽要求，而且還設有賣場、展館、會議廳、健身室等多項輔助設施，是融群眾休閑、娛樂、健身、購物為一體的綜合性體育場。一層設有室內停車場22670平方米，展示場3460平方米，餐飲用房6400平方米，健康中心5930平方米，運動員、裁判員等競賽用房屋4010平方米；二層設有專賣店3840平方米，健康中心130平方米，國際會議中心85平方米；三層設有運動健身廳4320平方米，健康中心130平方米，國際會議中心85平方米；四層設有包廂4166平方米，國際會議中心3030平方米，健康中心1440平方米；五層設有國際會議中心345平方米，健康中心1300平方米。

　　天津奧林匹克中心位于市區西南部，東臨衛津南路，西臨水上西路，南臨凌水道，北臨賓水西道。總投資為８·８億美元。區域劃分為三個區，競技區、綜合區、住宅區，總計占地96.6公頃；其中競技區占地45.3公頃，綜合區占地28公頃，住宅區占地23.3公頃。競技區包括一座大型體育場、一座水上運動中心、一座國際體育交流中心，以及已建成的天津體育館。

　　看臺34740平方米，8+1跑道4560平方米，訓練場2萬平方米，草皮場地7680平方米，體育場擁有觀眾座席6萬個，主席臺座席500人，記者席300人，總體可容納8萬人。