Estádio Beira-Rio

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Estádio José Pinheiro Borda, better known as Estádio Beira-Rio (Brazilian Portuguese pronunciation: [esˈtadʒi.u ˈbejɾɐ ˈʁi.u]; "Riverside Stadium"), Gigante da Beira-Rio or simply Beira-Rio, due to its location beside the Guaíba River, is a football stadium in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. It serves as the home stadium for Sport Club Internacional, replacing their previous stadium, the Estádio dos Eucaliptos. It is named after José Pinheiro Borda (1897–1965), an elderly Portuguese engineer who supervised the building of the stadium but died before seeing its completion.

Estádio Beira-Rio was one of the 12 venues used for the 2014 FIFA World Cup, hosting five of the matches in the tournament.

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