The Niedersachsenstadion, or AWD-Arena, is scheduled to host four group games during the finals.

The ground, home to Bundesliga outfit Hannover 96, has a capacity for the tournament of just under 40,000.

The Niedersachsenstadion was originally opened in 1954 and major rebuilding work for the summer began three years ago and was completed in December 2004.

Italy and Ghana will be the first two teams to step out at the Niedersachsenstadion on June 12, with Mexico against Angola next up four days later.

Another four days on, Costa Rica and Poland are the two teams involved, before Switzerland and South Korea meet three days later.

The final game of the competition in Hannover will be a Round of 16 clash between the winners of Group H and the runners-up in Group G, which could be a meeting between France and Spain.