SQL Exercise: City where the opening match of EURO cup 2016 played

SQL soccer Database: Joins Exercise-12 with Solution

12. From the following table, write a SQL query to find the city where the opening match of EURO cup 2016 took place. Return venue name, city.

Sample table: soccer_venue

Sample table: soccer_city

Sample table: match_mast

Sample Solution:

SQL Code:

SELECT a.venue_name, b.city
FROM soccer_venue a
JOIN soccer_city b ON a.city_id=b.city_id
JOIN match_mast c ON a.venue_id=c.venue_id
WHERE match_no=1;

Sample Output:

   venue_name    |    city
-----------------+-------------
 Stade de France | Saint-Denis
(1 row)

Code Explanation:

The said query in SQL that selects the name of the venue where match number 1 is played, and the city in which the venue is located from the tables soccer_venue, soccer_city, and match_mast.
The JOIN keyword is used to join the soccer_venue with soccer_city on their city_id columns, and then join the resulting table with match_mast on their venue_id columns.
The WHERE keyword filters data for the match with match number 1.

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