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{{distinguish|text=the [[Gliwice Arena]], known for sponsorship reasons as PreZero Arena Gliwice}}
{{Short description|Multi-purpose stadium in Sinsheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2016}}
{{Infobox venue 
| stadium_name      = PreZero Arena
| nickname          = 
| logo_image        = [[File:PreZero Arena Logo.svg|160px]]
| image             = [[File:PreZero Arena wiki.jpg|250px]] <br/> [[File:Hoffenheim CL.jpg|250px]]
| fullname          = Rhein-Neckar-Arena
| location          = [[Sinsheim]], [[Baden-Württemberg]], Germany   
| broke_ground      = 2007
| opened            = 24 January 2009
| expanded          = 
| closed            = 
| demolished        = 
| owner             = 
| operator          = 
| surface           = [[Grass]]
| Constructor       = 
| construction_cost = [[Euro|€]] 60 million
| architect         = Eheim Moebel<ref>[http://www.eheim-moebel.de/english/arena/rhein-neckar-arena/index.html Rhein-Neckar-Arena] architect: Eheim Moebel</ref><br />Sattler Europe<ref>[http://www.sattler-europe.com/sattler-web/static/media/pdf/Referenz_TA_Rhein-Neckar-Arena_englisch.pdf Rhein-Neckar-Arena] roof: Rhein-Neckar-Arena</ref>
| former_names      = 
| nicknames         = 
| tenants           = [[TSG 1899 Hoffenheim]] (2009–present)<br />[[Germany national football team]] (selected matches)
| seating_capacity  = 30,150 (league matches)<br />25,589 (international matches)
| dimensions        = 
}}
'''Rhein-Neckar-Arena''' ({{IPA|de|ˌʁaɪnˈnɛkaʁʔaˌʁeːna|-|De-Rhein-Neckar-Arena.ogg}}), currently known as '''PreZero Arena''' and previously as '''[[Wirsol]] Rhein-Neckar-Arena''' {{IPA|de|ˈvɪʁzɔl-||}}<ref>{{cite web|last=Gruener|first=Martin|title=Auch wenn's zwickt: Obasi zaubert und bezaubert|url=https://www.kicker.de/auch-wenns-zwickt_obasi-zaubert-und-bezaubert-555508/artikel|work=[[Kicker (magazine)|Kicker]]|publisher=[[kicker (sports magazine)|kicker Sportmagazin]]|access-date=22 July 2011}}</ref> for sponsorship reasons, is a [[multi-purpose stadium]] in [[Sinsheim]], [[Baden-Württemberg]], Germany. It is used mostly for [[association football|football]] matches and hosts the home matches of [[TSG 1899 Hoffenheim|TSG Hoffenheim]]. The stadium has a capacity of 30,150 people.<ref name=FIFA>{{cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/womensworldcup/destination/cities/city=5990/index.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081004201043/http://www.fifa.com/womensworldcup/destination/cities/city=5990/index.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=4 October 2008|title=Women's World Cup Germany 2011 – Sinsheim|work=[[FIFA]]|access-date=1 February 2009}}</ref> It replaced TSG 1899 Hoffenheim's former ground, the [[Dietmar-Hopp-Stadion]].

The stadium is the largest in the [[Rhine-Neckar]] metropolitan area, although it is situated in a town with only 3,600 inhabitants.

The first competitive match was played on 31 January 2009 against [[FC Energie Cottbus]], and ended in a 2–0 win for Hoffenheim.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7861712.stm|title=New home for German giant-killers|work=[[BBC News]]|date=30 January 2009|access-date=1 February 2009}}</ref> The stadium hosted international matches at the [[2011 FIFA Women's World Cup]].<ref name=FIFA/> The Rhein-Neckar-Arena hosted the "2017 DEL Winter Game", an outdoor [[ice hockey]] game between [[Adler Mannheim]] and the [[Schwenninger Wild Wings|Schwenningen Wild Wings]] on 7 January 2017.

==Traffic connection==
The [[Sinsheim Museum/Arena station|Sinsheim-Museum/Arena S-Bahn stop]] at the [[Elsenz Valley Railway]] ''(Elsenztalbahn)'' is just over a kilometre walk away<ref>[http://www.stimme.de/kraichgau/nachrichten/sonstige;art1943,2160544 ''Großer Bahnhof für den Fußball.''] In: ''stimme.de''</ref> and there are shuttle buses from [[Sinsheim (Elsenz) Hauptbahnhof|Sinsheim main station]]. The stadium can be reached by car via the newly built ''Sinsheim-Süd'' junction of the [[Bundesautobahn 6|federal motorway 6]].

==International football matches==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! Date 
! Competition
! Team 
! Result
! Team 
! Attendance 
|-
| 9 September 2018
| rowspan=2|[[Exhibition game|Friendly]]
| align="left"|{{fb|GER}}
| 2–1
| align="left"|{{fb|PER}}
| 25,494
|-
| 26 March 2022
| align="left"|{{fb|GER}}
| 2–0
| align="left"|{{fb|ISR}}
| 25,600
|}

==[[2011 FIFA Women's World Cup]]==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: left;;" width="100%"
|-
!Date
!Time ([[Central European Time|CET]])
!Team #1
!Result
!Team #2
!Round
!Spectators
|-
|26 June 2011||{{center|15:00}}|| align=right|{{fbw-rt|NGA}}||style="text-align:center;"|{{center|0–1}}||{{fbw|FRA|1974}}||{{center|[[2011 FIFA Women's World Cup Group A|Group A]]}}||style="text-align:center;"|25,475
|-
|2 July 2011||{{center|18:00}}|| align=right|{{fbw-rt|USA}}||style="text-align:center;"|{{center|3–0}}||{{fbw|COL}}||{{center|[[2011 FIFA Women's World Cup Group C|Group C]]}}||style="text-align:center;"|25,475
|-
|5 July 2011||{{center|18:15}}|| align=right|{{fbw-rt|NZL}}||style="text-align:center;"|{{center|2–2}}||{{fbw|MEX}}||{{center|[[2011 FIFA Women's World Cup Group B|Group B]]}}||style="text-align:center;"|20,451
|-
|16 July 2011||{{center|17:30}}|| align=right|{{fbw-rt|SWE}}||style="text-align:center;"|{{center|2–1}}||{{fbw|FRA|1974}}||{{center|[[2011 FIFA Women's World Cup knockout stage#Third place play-off|Third Place]]}}||style="text-align:center;"|25,475
|}

== Gallery ==
<gallery>
File:Rhein-Neckar-Arena Sinsheim.JPG
File:Stadion Rhein-Neckar-Arena Sinsheim.JPG
File:090103 RheinNeckarArena.JPG
</gallery>

== See also ==

* [[List of football stadiums in Germany]]
* [[Lists of stadiums]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
{{commons category}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20100804071401/http://www.rheinneckararena.de/ Stadium information and photos] {{in lang|de}}
* [http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/details?mid=b180740c37731088b9fb03ec86550c5a 3D model of the Rhein-Neckar-Arena]
* [http://www.tsg-hoffenheim.de/4news.php?d%5Babteilung%5D=Das%20neue%20Stadion&d%5Bnr%5D=1771&d%5Bvolltextsuche%5D=&ueberschrift=Das+Stadion+-++ein+St%26uuml%3Bck+Zukunft+des+Clubs Stadium plans from club website] {{in lang|de}}
* [http://www.worldstadiums.com/stadium_pictures/europe/germany/baden_wurttemberg/sinsheim_rhein_neckar.shtml World Stadiums]

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