Heraklion Indoor Sports Arena
Dyo Aorakia Indoor Hall, Heraklion New Indoor Hall | |
Greek national team games except 2nd Round Game vs.Germany)(2019 FIBA World Cup qualification |
Heraklion Indoor Sports Arena, or simply, Heraklion Arena, is a multi-purpose
handball, volleyball, basketball, boxing, wrestling, fencing, badminton, table tennis, Judo, MMA, and weightlifting
, with its primary use being to host basketball games.
The seating capacity of the arena for basketball games is 5,222 with permanent tier seating, and up to 5,500, including seats for the media, with temporary tier seating. The arena also includes a smaller second sports hall, which is used primarily for training purposes, but that can also host sporting events, a
weight training room, and a medical room.[2]
History
The
Cedevita Zagreb at the arena, drawing an attendance of 5,006 people.[4]
The arena also hosted the
2017 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship
, where host nation Greece won the final against Israel in front of an audience of 5,200 people.
The arena also hosted most of the senior men's
Greek national basketball team's home games during the qualification round for the 2019 FIBA World Cup. In October 2018 it was announced that the arena will host the 2019 Greek Cup
Final for a second consecutive year after the 2018 one.
Events hosted
- 2010 All-Star Game.
- Lokomotiv Kuban, November 7, 2013.
- 2014 Greek Cup Final
- Cedevita Zagreb, October 15, 2015.
- Olympiacos and Baskonia, October 12, 2017.
- 2014 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship
- 2015 FIBA Under-19 World Cup
- 2017 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship
- 2018 Greek Cup Final
- 2019 FIBA World Cup qualification
- 2019 Greek Cup Final
- 2019 FIBA Under-19 World Cup
- 2020 Greek Basket League All-Star Game.
- 2020 Greek Cup Final
- 2022 Greek Cup Final Four
- 2023 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship
See also
References
- ^ Eurozone Inflation Calculators.
- ^ "LARGE INDOOR HERAKLION". Archived from the original on 2013-10-04. Retrieved 2013-10-01.
- ^ 2013-14 Regular Season Round 4 NOVEMBER 07, 2013 CET: 20:30 LOCAL TIME: 21:30 HERAKLION ARENA.
- ^ 2015-16 Regular Season Round 1 OCTOBER 15, 2015 CET: 20:45 LOCAL TIME: 21:45 HERAKLION ARENA.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Heraklion Indoor Sports Arena.
- Large Indoor Heraklion Archived 2013-10-04 at the Wayback Machine
- Information on the arena @ Stadia.gr