FNB Stadium (Soccer City)

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2010 FIFA World Cup stadium football stadium sports venue

FNB Stadium (Soccer City) is a large, iconic football stadium in Johannesburg, South Africa, best known for hosting major events such as the 2010 FIFA World Cup final.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
FNB Stadium	14
Soccer City	8
FNB Stadium (Soccer City) canonical	2

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T214687 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: FNB Stadium (Soccer City)
Context triple: [Populous, notableWork, FNB Stadium (Soccer City)]

A. Principality Stadium
Principality Stadium is a major multi-purpose sports and entertainment venue in Cardiff, Wales, best known as the national stadium for Welsh rugby and football.
B. Olympic Stadium
Olympic Stadium is a large multi-purpose sports and events venue in Montreal, Quebec, best known as the main site of the 1976 Summer Olympics and for its distinctive inclined tower.
C. UEFA Elite Stadium
A UEFA Elite Stadium is a top-tier football venue that meets the highest standards set by UEFA for hosting major international club and national team competitions.
D. SHI Stadium
SHI Stadium is a college football stadium that serves as the home field for the Rutgers University Scarlet Knights.
E. Estadio Latinoamericano
Estadio Latinoamericano is a historic multi-purpose stadium in Havana, Cuba, best known as the country’s premier baseball venue and a central stage for Cuban baseball culture.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: FNB Stadium (Soccer City)
Target entity description: FNB Stadium (Soccer City) is a large, iconic football stadium in Johannesburg, South Africa, best known for hosting major events such as the 2010 FIFA World Cup final.

A. Principality Stadium
Principality Stadium is a major multi-purpose sports and entertainment venue in Cardiff, Wales, best known as the national stadium for Welsh rugby and football.
B. Olympic Stadium
Olympic Stadium is a large multi-purpose sports and events venue in Montreal, Quebec, best known as the main site of the 1976 Summer Olympics and for its distinctive inclined tower.
C. UEFA Elite Stadium
A UEFA Elite Stadium is a top-tier football venue that meets the highest standards set by UEFA for hosting major international club and national team competitions.
D. SHI Stadium
SHI Stadium is a college football stadium that serves as the home field for the Rutgers University Scarlet Knights.
E. Estadio Latinoamericano
Estadio Latinoamericano is a historic multi-purpose stadium in Havana, Cuba, best known as the country’s premier baseball venue and a central stage for Cuban baseball culture.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	2010 FIFA World Cup stadium ⓘ football stadium ⓘ sports venue ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	FNB Stadium (Soccer City) ⓘ Soccer City ⓘ linked to: FNB Stadium (Soccer City)
architect	Boogertman + Partners ⓘ
capacity	about 94736 ⓘ over 90000 ⓘ
constructionCost	about 440 million US dollars (renovation) ⓘ
continent	Africa ⓘ
country	South Africa ⓘ
designInspiredBy	African calabash ⓘ
formerName	National Stadium ⓘ Soccer City ⓘ linked to: FNB Stadium (Soccer City)
hasScoreboard	yes ⓘ
hostedEvent	1996 Africa Cup of Nations Final ⓘ linked to: Africa Cup of Nations 1996 Africa Cup of Nations matches ⓘ linked to: Africa Cup of Nations 2010 FIFA World Cup ⓘ 2010 FIFA World Cup Final ⓘ linked to: 2010 FIFA World Cup 2010 FIFA World Cup Group A matches ⓘ linked to: 2010 FIFA World Cup 2010 FIFA World Cup Round of 16 match ⓘ linked to: 2010 FIFA World Cup 2010 FIFA World Cup closing ceremony ⓘ linked to: 2010 FIFA World Cup 2010 FIFA World Cup opening concert ⓘ linked to: 2010 FIFA World Cup 2010 FIFA World Cup opening match ⓘ 2010 FIFA World Cup quarter-final match ⓘ Nelson Mandela memorial service 2013 ⓘ major music concerts ⓘ rugby union matches ⓘ
locatedInCity	Johannesburg ⓘ linked to: Johannesburg, South Africa
locatedInMunicipality	City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality ⓘ
locatedInProvince	Gauteng ⓘ
locatedInSuburb	Nasrec ⓘ
near	Soweto ⓘ
notableMatch	South Africa vs Mexico 2010 FIFA World Cup opening match ⓘ Spain vs Netherlands 2010 FIFA World Cup Final ⓘ linked to: 2010 FIFA World Cup
opened	1989 ⓘ
operator	Stadium Management South Africa ⓘ
owner	City of Johannesburg ⓘ linked to: Johannesburg, South Africa
primaryUse	football matches ⓘ
ranking	one of the largest stadiums in Africa ⓘ
renovated	2006–2009 ⓘ
reopened	2009 ⓘ
seatingType	all-seater ⓘ
sponsor	First National Bank ⓘ
sponsorshipName	FNB Stadium ⓘ linked to: FNB Stadium (Soccer City)
sport	association football ⓘ
surface	grass ⓘ
tenant	Kaizer Chiefs F.C. ⓘ South Africa national football team ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (24)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Populous → notableWork → FNB Stadium (Soccer City) ⓘ

Johannesburg → hasStadium → FNB Stadium ⓘ

subject linked to: Johannesburg, South Africa