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Address: Gwangju, South Korea
Country: South Korea
Capacity: 40,000
Opened: September 2001
Main Use: Football
Tenants: Gwangju FC (football)
The Gwangju World Cup Stadium is one of South Korea’s most prominent football venues and was constructed specifically for the 2002 FIFA World Cup. With a seating capacity of approximately 40,000, the stadium remains a central hub for professional football and major sporting events in the southwest of the country.
The stadium hosted multiple matches during the 2002 FIFA World Cup, involving the national teams of China, Costa Rica, South Korea, Slovenia, and Spain. Due to its historical significance, the venue is also widely known as the Guus Hiddink Stadium.
Under the leadership of Guus Hiddink, the South Korean national team—nicknamed the Taegeuk Warriors—reached the semi-finals of the tournament, marking the nation’s greatest achievement in FIFA World Cup history. South Korea advanced from the group stage ahead of the United States, Portugal, and Poland, and defeated Italy and Spain in the knockout rounds before losing 1–0 to Germany in the semi-finals in Seoul.
Guus Hiddink enjoyed a distinguished career as both a player and a manager. During his playing days, he represented De Graafschap, PSV Eindhoven, and NEC Nijmegen. His coaching breakthrough came in 1988, when he won the European Cup with PSV Eindhoven.
Hiddink later managed several elite clubs and national teams, including South Korea, the Netherlands, Real Madrid, Chelsea, Valencia CF, Fenerbahçe, and Anji Makhachkala. In 1998, he won the Intercontinental Cup with Real Madrid after defeating Vasco da Gama of Brazil, and later that year guided the Netherlands to a fourth-place finish at the FIFA World Cup.
Gwangju FC, founded in 2010, has played numerous home matches at the Gwangju World Cup Stadium. The club attracted 36,000 spectators to its first-ever top-flight league match. In its inaugural season at the highest domestic level, Gwangju FC finished 11th, collecting 35 points from 30 matches, with nine wins, eight draws, and thirteen losses.
The Gwangju World Cup Stadium remains a landmark of South Korean football history. Its association with the 2002 FIFA World Cup and Guus Hiddink’s historic achievement ensures its lasting status as one of the country’s most iconic football venues.
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With the growing popularity of nighttime sports events, professional competitions demand higher lighting quality. The glare from traditional fixtures can no longer meet athletes’ expectations for sensory experience. Leveraging breakthroughs in MECREE’s sports lighting technology, our precise light control and anti-glare designs enable athletes to perform at their peak and enjoy an exceptional sports experience.
Issues caused by unnecessary nighttime lighting, such as light pollution and light trespass, are increasingly concerning and have led to rising public complaints. Amid growing environmental awareness, lighting designers must prioritize controlling “Light Pollution” and “Light Trespass.” We are committed to addressing this challenge through innovative optical technologies.
Currently common traditional stadium lights model for some international stadiums as below:
MVF406/1800W, HNF003, MVF401, MVF403, MVF024, EF-2000, YOA56305, YOAX56400, 2kW: HQI-TS 2000WDS, 2kW: HQI-TS 1000WDS, MHN-SA 2KW 400V/956, MHN-SB/HO 2KW 400V/956, LPW2000M/D, LPW1000MB/L, LPP2000MHN-SA, LPP2000MHN-SB.
There is big problem that traditional lamps can not cannot meet the needs of 4K and 8K high-definition broadcast and huge energy consumption.
With the strengthening of environmental lighting awareness and the pursuit of high-quality lighting, there is a trend to replace traditional lamps by high quality of LED Stadium Lights.
MECREE has launched the following series of LED Sport Stadium Lighting:
MECREE’s specially engineered precision lighting control is designed to meet the needs of such users. The polarized light range of 65-73° is defined as the P73-L and A65 series products, which deliver an unparalleled visual experience while offering access to thousands of IES profiles.
Our precisely engineered optics of polarized light aim light directly onto the field of play, to shine uniformly and to minimize glare. Outdoor venues benefit from spill light control, no more skyglow and no more complaints from the neighbors.
1. Such light shield is useless,just misleading customers.
2. As tested it will cause 30% reduction of light output
3. While 70% still have high overflow
4. Unbearable strong glare
5. Waste energy,outdated reflective technology
The power supply and lamp body can be mounted separately, reducing the withstand weight of the lamp pole and facilitating maintenance.
Customized crossarms are available to meet all your existing old poles without replacing the main rod, crossarms bolt directly to light pole, easy and accurate installation saves time, ensures performance, safety and reliability,also lower the budget.
In current sports lighting projects, high-altitude light calibration is recognized as a major efficiency bottleneck. The process carries high safety risks, is prone to aiming deviations, and involves cumbersome installation and removal procedures, making it difficult to achieve the required uniformity.
MECREE’s innovative laser aiming mount was designed precisely to address these issues. It revolutionizes the workflow through three key advantages:
Easy Installation: With a simple design, it allows rapid mounting and dismounting, significantly lowering the operational threshold.
Precise Aiming: Ensures accurate laser alignment, fundamentally guaranteeing uniform illumination and compliance with lighting standards.
Efficient Operation: Reduces labor and time costs by up to 80%. Calibrating 200 fixtures at height previously took 20 days; now the same workload can be completed in just 4 days.
Choosing MECREE means choosing a safer, more precise, and highly efficient sports lighting solution.
We are not only a manufacturer of high-power LEDs, More professional services are also included:
Through lighting simulation calculations and programming of light show designs, solutions oriented towards either visual effects or cost-effectiveness are provided. Design of Lighthouse, parameters required for building foundation, (axial force, shear force, bending force). High power generator set supporting,circuit design service,cable supply. We are your best supply chain manager! We are committed to providing you with a one-stop solution. We focus on the research, design, and manufacturing of our products, delivering customized and energy-efficient lighting system solutions for all types of sports venues and multifunctional facilities.The details are as follows:high-power sports lighting、arena night lighting retrofit、smart stadium lighting control、energy-efficient LED stadium lights、stadium lighting power supply optimization、broadcast-quality sports lighting、large venue lighting retrofit、adjustable brightness and color temperature lighting、LED floodlight installation and upgrade、stadium lighting maintenance and management、energy-saving lighting solutions for stadiums、multi-purpose venue lighting design、night game lighting optimization.
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