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{{Short description|Football stadium in Japan}}
{{for|the baseball stadium|Rakuten Mobile Park Miyagi}}
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{{Infobox venue
| stadium_name = Miyagi Stadium
| nickname = 
| image = MiyagiStadiumTrackField.jpg
| image_size = 270px
| location = [[Rifu, Miyagi]], Japan
| broke_ground = 1996
| opened = March 2000
| renovated = 
| expanded = 
| closed = 
| demolished = 
| owner = Miyagi Prefecture
| operator = 
| surface = Grass
| Constructor = 
| construction_cost = 
| architect = 
| fullname = Q&A Stadium Miyagi
| former_names = {{nowrap|Miyagi Stadium (2000–2014)<br>Hitomebore Stadium Miyagi (2014–2020)}}
| tenants = [[Vegalta Sendai]]<br>[[MyNavi Sendai|Mynavi Sendai Ladies]]<br>[[Sony Sendai FC]]<br>[[Japan National Football Team]]
{{Unbulleted list|item1_style=background-color:#ccc;|'''Major sporting events hosted'''|[[2002 FIFA World Cup]]|[[2012 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup]]|[[Football at the 2020 Summer Olympics|2020 Summer Olympics]]|''Also see:'' '''[[#Concerts|Major concert events hosted]]'''}}
| seating_capacity = 49,133
| dimensions = 
}}
[[File:MiyagiStadium2007-4-29 cropped.jpg|thumb|]]
{{Nihongo|'''Miyagi Stadium'''|宮城スタジアム|Miyagi Sutajiamu}}, {{a.k.a.}} the {{Nihongo|'''Q&A Stadium Miyagi'''|キューアンドエースタジアムみやぎ|Kyūandoēsutajiamu Miyagi}} for sponsorship reasons, is an athletic and football stadium in the town of [[Rifu, Miyagi|Rifu]] in [[Miyagi Prefecture]], Japan. The stadium's capacity is 49,133. The crescent-shaped roof extending past the edge of the stadium is meant to evoke images of [[Date Masamune]], a ''[[daimyō]]'' of [[Mutsu Province]], which included the present-day Miyagi Prefecture. From 1 April 2014, the stadium was known as the {{Nihongo|'''Hitomebore Stadium Miyagi'''|ひとめぼれスタジアム宮城|Hitomebore Sutajiamu Miyagi}}, named after the main variety of rice produced in the prefecture, as the [[naming rights]] were acquired by the Miyagi Prefecture headquarters of [[Zen-Noh]]. The stadium adopted its current name on 1 April 2020 due to a sponsorship agreement with the Q&A Corporation.<ref>[https://www.sankei.com/smp/politics/news/200312/plt2003120016-s1.html 宮城スタジアム、新愛称は「キューアンドエースタジアムみやぎ」]</ref>

Miyagi Stadium hosted three matches in the [[2002 FIFA World Cup|2002 World Cup]], and also hosted the 56th [[National Sports Festival of Japan]] in 2001. It is one of the planned [[football at the 2020 Summer Olympics|football]] venues for the [[2020 Summer Olympics]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Venue Plan|url=http://tokyo2020.jp/en/plan/venue/index.html|publisher=Tokyo 2020 Bid Committee|access-date=11 September 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130727040849/http://tokyo2020.jp/en/plan/venue/index.html|archive-date=27 July 2013}}</ref>

In addition, Miyagi Stadium also hosted six matches at the [[2012 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup]] and it would become the first stadium (and to date the only stadium) to have hosted matches at both a men's FIFA World Cup and a women's FIFA U-20 World Cup.

[[Vegalta Sendai|Vegalta]], [[MyNavi Sendai|Mynavi]] and [[Sony Sendai FC|Sony Sendai]] only use here occasionally.

The football field is surrounded by a nine-lane track. A large video screen and scoreboard is installed in the northern end.

==2002 FIFA World Cup matches==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: left;" width="40%"
|-
!Date !!Team 1 !!Result !!Team 2 !!Round
|-
|9 June 2002||<p style="text-align: right">[[Mexico national football team|Mexico]] {{flagicon|MEX}}</p>||style="text-align:center;"|2–1||{{flagicon|ECU}} [[Ecuador national football team|Ecuador]]||[[2002 FIFA World Cup Group G|Group G]]
|-
|12 June 2002||<p style="text-align: right">[[Sweden men's national football team|Sweden]] {{flagicon|SWE}}</p>||style="text-align:center;"|1–1||{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Argentina national football team|Argentina]]||[[2002 FIFA World Cup Group F|Group F]]
|-
|18 June 2002||<p style="text-align: right">[[Japan national football team|Japan]] {{flagicon|JPN}}</p>||style="text-align:center;"|0–1||{{flagicon|TUR}} [[Turkey national football team|Turkey]]||[[2002 FIFA World Cup knockout stage|Round of 16]]
|}

==2012 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup matches==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: left;" width="40%"
|-
!Date !!Team 1 !!Result !!Team 2 !!Round
|-
|rowspan="2"|19 August 2012||<p style="text-align: right">[[New Zealand women's national under-20 football team|New Zealand]] {{flagicon|NZL}}</p>||style="text-align:center;"|2–1||{{flagicon|SUI}} [[Switzerland women's national under-20 football team|Switzerland]]|| rowspan="4" |[[2012 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup|Group A]]
|-
|<p style="text-align: right">[[Japan women's national under-20 football team|Japan]] {{flagicon|JPN}}</p>||style="text-align:center;"|4–1||{{flagicon|MEX}} [[Mexico women's national under-20 football team|Mexico]]
|-
|rowspan="2"|22 August 2012||<p style="text-align: right">[[Mexico women's national under-20 football team|Mexico]] {{flagicon|MEX}}</p>||style="text-align:center;"|2–0||{{flagicon|SUI}} [[Switzerland women's national under-20 football team|Switzerland]]
|-
|<p style="text-align: right">[[Japan women's national under-20 football team|Japan]] {{flagicon|JPN}}</p>||style="text-align:center;"|2–2||{{flagicon|NZL}} [[New Zealand women's national under-20 football team|New Zealand]]
|-
|rowspan="2"|27 August 2012||<p style="text-align: right">[[Germany women's national under-20 football team|Germany]] {{flagicon|GER}}</p>||style="text-align:center;"|3–0||{{flagicon|USA}} [[United States women's national under-20 soccer team|United States]]||[[2012 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup|Group D]]
|-
|<p style="text-align: right">[[Norway women's national under-19 football team|Norway]] {{flagicon|NOR}}</p>||style="text-align:center;"|4–1||{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Argentina women's national under-20 football team|Argentina]]||[[2012 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup|Group C]]
|}

== Football at the 2020 Summer Olympics ==

=== Women's ===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: left;" width="40%"
|-
!Date !!Team 1 !!Result !!Team 2 !!Round
|-
|rowspan="2"|21 July 2021||<p style="text-align: right">[[China women's national football team|China PR]] {{Flagicon|CHN}}</p>|| style="text-align:center;" |0–5||{{Flagicon|BRA}} [[Brazil women's national football team|Brazil]]|| rowspan="4" |[[Football at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|Group F]]
|-
|<p style="text-align: right">[[Zambia women's national football team|Zambia]] {{Flagicon|ZAM}}</p>|| style="text-align:center;" |3–10||{{Flagicon|NED}} [[Netherlands women's national football team|Netherlands]]
|-
|rowspan="2"|24 July 2021||<p style="text-align: right">[[China women's national football team|China PR]] {{Flagicon|CHN}}</p>|| style="text-align:center;" |4–4||{{Flagicon|ZAM}} [[Zambia women's national football team|Zambia]]
|-
|<p style="text-align: right">[[Netherlands women's national football team|Netherlands]] {{Flagicon|NED}}</p>|| style="text-align:center;" |3–3||{{Flagicon|BRA}} [[Brazil women's national football team|Brazil]]
|-
|rowspan="2"|27 July 2021||<p style="text-align: right">[[New Zealand women's national football team|New Zealand]] {{Flagicon|NZL}}</p>|| style="text-align:center;" |0–2||{{Flagicon|SWE}} [[Sweden women's national football team|Sweden]]||[[Football at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|Group G]]
|-
|<p style="text-align: right">[[Chile women's national football team|Chile]] {{Flagicon|CHI}}</p>|| style="text-align:center;" |0–1||{{Flagicon|JAP}} [[Japan women's national football team|Japan]]||[[Football at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|Group E]]
|}
=== Men's ===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: left;" width="40%"
|-
!Date !!Team 1 !!Result !!Team 2 !!Round
|-
|rowspan="2"|28 July 2021||<p style="text-align: right">[[Germany Olympic football team|Germany]] {{Flagicon|GER}}</p>|| style="text-align:center;" |1–1||{{Flagicon|CIV}} [[Ivory Coast national under-23 football team|Ivory Coast]]||[[Football at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|Group D]]
|-
|<p style="text-align: right">[[Australia men's national under-23 soccer team|Australia]] {{Flagicon|AUS}}</p>|| style="text-align:center;" |0–2||{{Flagicon|EGY}} [[Egypt national under-23 football team|Egypt]]||[[Football at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|Group C]]
|-
|31 July 2021||<p style="text-align: right">[[Spain national under-23 football team|Spain]] {{Flagicon|ESP}}</p>|| style="text-align:center;" |5–2
([[Overtime (sports)#Association football|a.e.t.]])
|{{Flagicon|CIV}} [[Ivory Coast national under-23 football team|Ivory Coast]]||[[Football at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament – Knockout stage|Quarter-finals]]
|}
== Other notable events ==
Besides the game against [[Turkey national football team|Turkey]], Miyagi Stadium has hosted three [[friendly match]]es involving the [[Japan national football team|Japan national team]]: A 1–1 draw against [[Slovakia national football team|Slovakia]] on 11 June 2000, a 5–4 victory against [[Honduras national football team|Honduras]] on 7 September 2005, and a 2–4 loss against [[Uruguay national football team|Uruguay]] on 14 August 2013, a 2–0 victory against [[Salvadoran Football Federation|El Salvador]] on 9 June 2019. [[J. League]] club [[Vegalta Sendai]] has held home games at Miyagi Stadium, and pop-music group [[SMAP]] has held two outdoor concerts at the venue as well. Also [[Nogizaka46]] has held two days concert at the venue in 2018 for their Summer Tour.

==Access==
[[Rifu Station]] is the closest train station, although it is nearly 3.5 kilometers from the stadium. For major events, bus transportation is usually available from [[Izumi-Chūō Station (Miyagi)|Izumi-Chūō]] and [[Sendai Station (Miyagi)|Sendai Stations]]. Before the World Cup, a spur from the [[Sanriku Expressway]] was built, which provided easier access for travellers by car from Tokyo and other locales.

==See also==
* [[Yurtec Stadium Sendai]]
* [[Sekisui Heim Super Arena]]
* [[List of stadiums in Japan]]
* [[2002 FIFA World Cup|2002 FIFA World Cup shock defeat]] ([[2002 FIFA World Cup knockout stage|Japan]], [[2002 FIFA World Cup Group F|Argentina]])
* [[Luis Suárez]] ＆ [[Diego Forlán]] (Match against Japan in 2013)

==References==
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== External links ==
*[https://www.mspf.jp/grande21/index.php?action=sisetu_shoukai_stadium Stadium information] {{in lang|ja}}

{{2002 FIFA World Cup stadiums}}
{{2020 Summer Olympic venues}}
{{Olympic venues football}}
{{List of football stadiums in Asia}}

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[[Category:Venues of the 2020 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Football venues in Japan]]
[[Category:Sports venues in Miyagi Prefecture]]
[[Category:Athletics (track and field) venues in Japan]]
[[Category:Sports venues completed in 2000]]
[[Category:Rifu, Miyagi]]
[[Category:2000 establishments in Japan]]


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