Al-Hamadaniah_Sports_Arena

Al-Hamadaniah Sports Arena

Al-Hamadaniah Sports Arena

Sports arena in Aleppo, Syria

Al-Hamadaniah Sports Arena (Arabic: صالة الحمدانية الرياضية) is an indoor sports hall in Aleppo, Syria. With a seating capacity of 7,964, it is the largest indoor hall in Syria.[3] It is designated to host basketball, handball and volleyball matches.[4] Al-Hamadaniah Sports Arena is part of the al-Hamadaniah Sports City.[citation needed]

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The arena is served by 4 additional indoor sports training halls. The playground of the arena has a length of 60 metres and a width of 25 metres.[citation needed]

History

The construction process was launched in 2004 and scheduled to be completed in 2007.[2] However, it was delayed for many years due to the corruption among the members of the Aleppo branch of the Syrian General Sports Federation.[5] It was finally completed in 2020.

The arena was opened on 17 December 2021 by the basketball match of the home club Al-Ittihad SC Aleppo against Al-Jaish SC Damascus.[3][6] In July 2022, the Syrian national basketball team played two matches in the arena against Bahrain and Iran as part of the 2023 FIBA World Cup qualification.[7][8] A record 13,500 spectators came to the game against Bahrain, which was the highest qualifying attendance in the world in that period.[1]

See also

Notes

  1. $23 million

References

  1. [1]
    FIBA (6 July 2022). "13,500 fans in Syria and all the huge crowds for WC Qualifiers Third Window". fiba.basketball. Retrieved 18 July 2022.
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    Al-Hamadaniah Sports Arena at Tishreen news Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine
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    أكبر ملعب كرة سلة في سوريا [The largest basketball Arena in Syria] (Motion picture). Syria: Safartas. December 18, 2021.
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    "Hutteen SC: Al-Hamadaniah Sports Arena". Archived from the original on 2013-06-29. Retrieved 2013-04-29.
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    Al-Hamadaniah Sports Arena at alazmenah.com
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    "Syria – Basketball Division I – Season 2022". asia-basket. Retrieved 18 December 2021.
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    "Syria-Bahrain". FIBA. Retrieved 7 June 2022.
  8. [8]
    "Syria-Iran". FIBA. Retrieved 7 June 2022.

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