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Summary

Third edition of Stadium of the Year plebiscite took place between Jan 23 and Feb 24, 2013. A record number of 14,439 people took part in the vote, giving 216,585 points in total (each person had 15 points to share between 5 stadiums by giving notes: 5, 4, 3, 2 and 1 point). Most voters were located in Brazil, Poland, Indonesia, Israel and France.

Below you can see the complete list of all stadia with the number of points scored.

Results

Position	Photo	Description
1 29,627pts		Arena do Grêmio Porto Alegre Brazil club: Grêmio FBPA capacity: 60,540 construction: 09.2010 - 12.2012 cost: R$ 540 million ($260m / €197m) design: Plarq Arquitetura
2 21,148pts		Stadion Narodowy Warsaw Poland club: national team capacity: 58,145 construction: 05.2009 - 04.2012 cost: 1.9 billion PLN ($622m / €470m) design: JSK Architekci
3 19,187pts		Grand Stade Lille-Métropole Lille France club: OSC Lille capacity: 50,157 construction: 2009 - 06.2012 cost: € 282 million ($373m) design: Pierre Ferret, Denis Valode & Jean Pistre
4 17,042pts		Friends Arena Solna Sweden club: AIK Fotboll capacity: 54,329 construction: 07.12.2009 - 10.2012 cost: 1.9 billion SEK ($290m / €220m) design: Berg | C. F. Møller Architects, Arkitekterna Krook&Tjäder, Populous (współpraca)
5 16,512pts		Stadion Utama Riau Pekanbaru Indonesia club: PSPS Pekanbaru capacity: 40,700 construction: 2010 - 2012 cost: 800 billion IDR ($83m / €62m) design: ?
6 16,295pts		Stade Océane Le Havre France club: Le Havre AC capacity: 25,178 construction: 12.07.2010 - 31.05.2012 cost: € 101 million ($133m) design: KSS Group, SCAU
7 14,023pts		London Olympic Stadium London England club: - capacity: 80,000 construction: 2007 - 2012 cost: £ 486 million ($787m / €595m) design: Populous
8 13,978pts		Bunyodkor Stadioni Tashkent Uzbekistan club: Bunyodkor PFK capacity: 34,000 construction: 13.11.2008 - 2012 cost: ? design: GMP Architekten / Oberhofer Stahlbau
9 13,943pts		Netanya Stadium Netanya Israel club: Maccabi Netanya FC capacity: 13,800 construction: 2005 - 2012 cost: $60 million (€45m) design: GAB Architects
10 11,024pts		BBVA Compass Stadium Houston USA club: Houston Dynamo capacity: 22,000 construction: 05.02.2011 - 04.2012 cost: $ 95.5 million (€72m) design: Populous
11 8,956pts		New York Stadium Rotherham England club: Rotherham United FC capacity: 12,021 construction: 16.06.2011 - 19.07.2012 cost: £ 25 million ($40m / €31m) design: S+P Architects
12 8,738pts		8km Stadionu Baku Azerbaijan club: - capacity: 11,000 construction: 30.04.2010 - 08.2012 cost: ? design: ?
13 8,703pts		Estádio Raimundo Sampaio Belo Horizonte Brazil club: América FC, Clube Atlético Mineiro capacity: 23,950 construction: 22.01.2010 - 04.2012 cost: R$ 125 million ($60m / €46m) design: Missyor Arquitetos
14 6,205pts		Myresjöhus Arena Vaxjo Sweden club: Östers IF capacity: 12,200 construction: 03.2011 - 08.2012 cost: 204 million SEK ($31m / €24m) design: Iwdal Akerblad Arkitektbyran AB
15 5,816pts		Sparda-Bank-Hessen-Stadion Offenbach Germany club: Offenbacher Fußball-Club Kickers 1901 e. V. capacity: 20,600 construction: 02.2011 - 08.2012 cost: € 27 million ($36m) design: Bremer AG
16 5,388pts		Incheon Football Stadium Incheon South Korea club: Incheon United capacity: 20,891 construction: 05.2008 - 03.2012 cost: $ 110 million (€83m) design: ?

Stadium of the Year 2012 Regulations

1. Submitting nominations: Every reader/user of StadiumDB.com may submit a nomination. Unlike many competitions, ours is user-oriented, so we don’t require any fees, text messages, e-mail submissions or liking us on facebook (we do appreciate it, though). To make it as easy as possible, we give you our online survey where you can see stadiums already listed and may suggest further nominations.
2. Nomination requirements: To become a nominee, a stadium has to meet several criteria. It has to hold at least 10,000 people and be opened in 2012. The latter means hosting at least one event with all stands available to the public. Stadiums built from scratch are taken into consideration as well as those having a thorough redevelopment. In general, we accept stadia that have had 75% of their structure altered. If any particular case raises doubts over the extent of changes, it would be dealt with individually. The competition is about football stadiums, which means we select between venues that are capable of hosting a football (or soccer, if you prefer) game. They may still have running, cycling or speedway tracks around their pitch, or have pitches larger than football-specific ones.
3. Nomination process schedule: Jan 15 – Jan 22, 2013.
4. Voting process schedule: Your votes will be accepted between Jan 23 and Feb 23, 2013. There’s no need to send e-mails or comment on facebook, the above form is the only means of voting. Each person is entitled to cast one vote, selecting his top 5 venues (giving them, respectively, 5, 4, 3, 2 and 1 point).