Hoy vamos al estadio para ver el campeonato femenino.

In Spanish, the present tense is very often used for planned or scheduled future actions, especially when there is a clear time word like hoy.

So Hoy vamos al estadio means:

• Today we’re going to the stadium
• or more literally, Today we go to the stadium

This is completely natural in Spanish. You could also say Hoy iremos al estadio or Hoy vamos a ir al estadio, but vamos sounds very normal and everyday.

Spanish often drops subject pronouns because the verb ending already tells you who the subject is.

• vamos = we go / we are going

So nosotros is not necessary.
You could say Hoy nosotros vamos al estadio, but it would usually only be added for emphasis, contrast, or clarity.

For example:

• Ellos se quedan, pero nosotros vamos al estadio.

Because a + el contracts to al in Spanish.

So:

• a el estadio ➝ al estadio

This contraction is mandatory.

A useful comparison:

• a + el = al
• de + el = del

But this only happens with el, not with la:

• a la playa → not contracted

Spanish uses the definite article more often than English does.

Here:

• al estadio = to the stadium
• el campeonato femenino = the women’s championship / the female championship

In English, you might sometimes leave out the in similar situations, but in Spanish it is often required or sounds more natural.

In this sentence, both nouns are treated as specific:

• a specific stadium
• a specific championship

After para to express purpose (in order to, to), Spanish normally uses an infinitive if the subject is the same.

So:

• vamos al estadio para ver el campeonato = we’re going to the stadium to see the championship

Because we are both:

1. going
2. seeing

you use ver, the infinitive.

If the subject changes, Spanish often uses para que + subjunctive:

• Voy al estadio para que mi hija vea el partido.
• I’m going to the stadium so that my daughter can see the match.

Both ver and mirar can relate to seeing, but they are not always identical.

• ver = to see
• mirar = to look at / to watch

In many sports contexts, both can be possible, but ver is very common when talking about attending or watching an event:

• ver un partido
• ver una película
• ver el campeonato

So para ver el campeonato sounds very natural.

In Spanish, adjectives usually come after the noun.

So:

• campeonato femenino literally = championship female

But in natural English, that becomes:

• women’s championship
• female championship, depending on context

This noun + adjective order is very common in Spanish:

• equipo femenino
• liga nacional
• camiseta roja

Usually, yes. In context, campeonato femenino refers to a championship in the female/women’s category.

A native English speaker may expect something more like women’s championship, but Spanish often expresses this idea with an adjective:

• masculino = men’s / male
• femenino = women’s / female

So el campeonato femenino is a normal way to say the women’s championship.

Hoy is placed at the beginning because it sets the time frame right away: today.

Spanish word order is flexible, so these are also possible:

• Vamos al estadio hoy para ver el campeonato femenino.
• Hoy vamos para ver el campeonato femenino al estadio. (less natural in this case)

The original sentence sounds natural because it starts with the time word and then gives the main action.

Not really in the same way. That version is awkward because vamos a ver can also mean we are going to see, with ir a + infinitive as a future construction.

That creates ambiguity:

• vamos al estadio para ver... = we go to the stadium in order to see...
• vamos a ver... = we are going to see...

So the original sentence is clearer:

• Hoy vamos al estadio para ver el campeonato femenino.

It clearly separates:

1. vamos al estadio = we’re going to the stadium
2. para ver... = to see...

Only if the place is different.

• estadio = stadium
• campo = field/pitch/ground
• pabellón = sports hall/indoor arena

So estadio is correct if the event takes place in a stadium. A learner might want to translate simply as field, but stadium is a more specific place.

It means a plan for today, which is effectively a near future action.

Because of hoy, the present tense vamos is understood as:

• something arranged
• something expected to happen later today
• or something happening today in general

This is a very common Spanish pattern:

• Mañana salimos temprano.
• Esta noche cenamos fuera.

So yes, it refers to today, but grammatically it uses the present tense to talk about a planned future event.

Because ver is a direct transitive verb: it takes a direct object without a preposition.

So:

• ver el campeonato
• ver el partido
• ver la película

That is normal in Spanish, just as in English:

• to see the championship
• to watch the match

You do not say ver a el campeonato, because campeonato is not a person. The personal a is mainly used with specific human direct objects.