Eleftheria Indoor Hall
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| Full name | Tassos Papadopoulos-Eleftheria Indoor Hall |
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| Location | Engomi, Nicosia, Cyprus |
| Coordinates | 35°08′50″N 33°18′43″E / 35.147257°N 33.312066°E |
| Owner | Cyprus Sport Organisation |
| Capacity | 6,000[1] |
| Surface | Versatile |
| Opened | 1993 |
| Tenants | |
| ETHA Engomi BC Omonia BC Omonia Futsal Omonia VC | |
Eleftheria Athletic Center (
indoor arena that is located besides Makario Stadium and Lefkotheo Indoor Hall in Engomi, Nicosia, Cyprus
.
The hall is mainly used for
squash, volleyball, judo, futsal and table tennis. It is sometimes also used for national celebrations, for the declaration of the new President of Cyprus
, and for musical concerts.
The arena is named after Tassos Papadopoulos, the fifth President of the Republic of Cyprus, who was in office from February 28, 2003, to February 28, 2008. Currently, the arena has a capacity of around 6,800 seats, and it is the second biggest indoor sports hall on the island of Cyprus, after the "Spyros Kyprianou Athletic Centre" in Limassol.
History
Eleftheria was built in 1993. It is the home venue of
Cypriot national basketball team
. It has hosted several great basketball and other sports competitions, and also some cultural competitions.
The most important was
European Saporta Cup final of 1996–97, between Real Madrid and Verona, where Real Madrid won the trophy,[3] and the FIBA EuroCup All-Star Day
in 2005, were also held in the arena.
It has also hosted some
Panathinaikos played against Laboral Kutxa,[4] in a game in which Panathinaikos won by a score of 95–74. The attendance for the game was 6,200.[5]
The hall also hosts the official 1st of April commemoration and has also seen a number of presidents delivering their victory speech there.
See also
References
- ^ Eleftheria Indoor Hall
- ^ Μετονομασία γυμναστηρίου-Τάσσος Παπαδόπουλος-Eλευθερία Archived June 7, 2012, at the Wayback Machine (in Greek)
- ^ "4 RECOPAS DE EUROPA - (2 SUBCAMPEÓN) (EUROPEAN EUROCUP - SAPORTA CUP)". Archived from the original on 2019-02-10. Retrieved 2009-04-27.
- ^ PAO triumphs in first ever Euroleague game in Cyprus.
- ^ 2013-14 Regular Season Round 2 OCTOBER 25, 2013 CET: 20:30 ELEFTHERIA INDOOR HALL.
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