Editing BayArena (section)

==2011 FIFA Women's World Cup==
On 30 March 2007 Bayer AG agreed on the extension of the stadium to a capacity of over 30,000. Construction works began end of 2007 and were expected to be finished at the beginning of the 2009–10 season.
On 30 September 2008, Bay Arena was selected as one of nine venues to be used during the [[2011 FIFA Women's World Cup]] to house three group and one quarterfinal match.

===2011 FIFA Women's World Cup matches===
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!Date
!Time ([[Central European Time|CET]])
!Team #1
!Result
!Team #2
!Round
!Spectators
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|28 June 2011||{{center|15:00}}|| align=right|{{fbw-rt|COL}}||style="text-align:center;"|{{center|0–1}}||{{fbw|SWE}}||{{center|[[2011 FIFA Women's World Cup Group C|Group C]]}}||style="text-align:center;"|21,106
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|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
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|6 July 2011||{{center|18:00}}|| align=right|{{fbw-rt|AUS}}||style="text-align:center;"|{{center|2–2}}||{{fbw|NOR}}||{{center|[[2011 FIFA Women's World Cup Group D|Group D]]}}||style="text-align:center;"|18,474
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|9 July 2011||{{center|18:00}}|| align=right|{{fbw-rt|ENG}}||style="text-align:center;"|{{center|1–1 (3–4 [[Penalty shoot-out (association football)|pen.]])}}||{{fbw|FRA|1974}}||{{center|[[2011 FIFA Women's World Cup knockout stage#Quarter-finals|Quarter-finals]]}}||style="text-align:center;"|26,395
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