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MEO Arena
Altice Arena (formerly MEO Arena; also referred to by its original name, Pavilhão Atlântico) is a multi-purpose indoor arena in Lisbon, Portugal. The arena is among the largest indoor arenas in Europe and the largest in Portugal with a capacity of 20,000 people and was built in 1998 for Expo '98. History Plans to build a multipurpose arena in Lisbon date back to the first discussions of the Expo '98 Master Plan. At the time, the city lacked a versatile facility able to accommodate concerts, congresses and sporting events of big scope. The existing structures, both in Lisbon and in Portugal alike, either had limited capacity (up to 4,000 people), or were difficult to adapt to non-conventional events, such as world class indoor sports competitions. Another shortcoming of existing venues was the lack of technical infrastructure deemed necessary to host modern concerts, musicals and to allow for proper live TV coverage. The country needed an arena to fill the existing gap between ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lisbon
Lisbon (; pt, Lisboa ) is the capital and largest city of Portugal, with an estimated population of 544,851 within its administrative limits in an area of 100.05 km2. Grande Lisboa, Lisbon's urban area extends beyond the city's administrative limits with a population of around 2.7 million people, being the List of urban areas of the European Union, 11th-most populous urban area in the European Union.Demographia: World Urban Areas - demographia.com, 06.2021 About 3 million people live in the Lisbon metropolitan area, making it the third largest metropolitan area in the Iberian Peninsula, after Madrid and Barcelona. It represents approximately 27% of the country's population. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parque Das Nações
The Parque das Nações (; en, Park of the Nations), colloquially known as Expo (as the site of the 1998 Lisbon World Exposition), is a ''freguesia'' (civil parish) of Lisbon, the capital of Portugal. Located in eastern Lisbon, Parque das Nações is to the east of Olivais (Lisbon), Olivais, northeast of Marvila (Lisbon), Marvila, and directly south of Lisbon's border with Loures. As of 2018, an estimated 31,000 people live in the area. History The district was laid out in 1998 as the site of the 1998 Lisbon World Exposition. Following Expo '98, the area was transformed into a modern commercial and residential district, known as the ''Parque das Nações'' (Park of the Nations). At the time of the census carried out in 2011, an estimated 21,000 people lived in the ''Parque das Nações'', which was shared between the Lisbon and Loures Municipalities of Portugal, municipalities until November 2012. Following a request by local citizens for the municipality of Lisbon to annex the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2028 European Men's Handball Championship
The 2028 EHF European Men's Handball Championship, commonly referred to as the EHF Euro 2028, will be the 18th edition of the EHF European Men's Handball Championship, the biennial international men's handball championship of Europe organized by EHF. Bid process Bidding timeline The bidding timeline was as follows: * 4 June 2020 – Invitation to National Federations to provide a letter of intent to the EHF for hosting the EHF EUROs 2026 & 2028 * 1 October 2020 – Deadline for submitting the letter of intent and request for the bidding documents by the interested federations * 1 November 2020 – Dispatch of the manual for staging the EHF EUROs 2026 & 2028 together with the relevant specifications and forms by the EHF * 1 May 2021 – Applications available at the EHF Office * May/June 2021 – Evaluation of bids by the EHF * June 2021 – Approval of applications by EHF EXEC * June–September 2021 – Site inspections * September 2021 – Further evaluation after inspection ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2003 World Men's Handball Championship
The 2003 World Men's Handball Championship took place in Portugal from 20 January to 2 February 2003. It was the 18th edition of the World Championship in team handball and Croatia won the championship. Qualification First round Group A ---- ---- ---- ---- Group B ---- ---- ---- ---- Group C ---- ---- ---- ---- Group D ---- ---- ---- ---- Second round Group I ---- Group II ---- Group III ---- Group IV ---- Final round 5–8th place semifinals ---- Semifinals ---- 7th place game 5th place game Third place game Final Final standings Awards MVP: Christian Schwarzer All Star Team *Goalkeeper: Henning Fritz *Left Wing: Eduard Koksharov *Left Back: Carlos Pérez *Center Back: Enric Masip *Pivot : Christian Schwarzer *Right Back: Patrick Cazal *Right Wing: Mirza Džomba Statistics Top goalscorers Top goalkeepers Medalists External links {{World Handb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Germany Men's National Handball Team
The Germany national handball team is one of the most successful handball teams in the world, having won three World Championships and two European Championship. Honours Competitive record ''For East Germany team record, look here.'' Olympic Games World Championship European Championship :''*Denotes draws include knockout matches decided in a penalty shootout.'' :''**Gold background color indicates that the tournament was won. Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.'' Team Current squad Chosen squad for the 2023 World Men's Handball Championship Head coach: Alfreð GÃslason History of coaches * 1925–1933Carl Schelenz * 1934–1939Otto Günther Kaundinya * 1940–1945Carl Schelenz * 1946–1955Fritz Fromm * 1955–1972Werner Vick * 1972–1974 Horst Käsler * 1974–1982 Vlado Stenzel * 1982–1987Simon Schobel * 1987–1989Petre Ivănescu * 1989–1992Horst Bredemeier * 1992–1993 Armin Emrich * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Croatia Men's National Handball Team
The Croatia national handball team represents Croatia in international men's team handball competitions and friendly matches. The handball team is controlled by the Croatian Handball Federation (HRS). Croatia has often been portrayed as an international force in handball, having won two Olympic gold medals and one World Championship, but never winning the European Men's Handball Championship, Euros, having lost three finals, one to rivals France men's national handball team, France, one to Denmark men's national handball team, Denmark, and one to Spain men's national handball team, Spain. The Croatian national team that won the 1996 Olympic gold medal was often credited as the biggest upset in history of handball, with handball making its debut appearance. The Croatian national team won a so-called "international double" after winning both the gold medal at the Olympics (2004) and the World Championship (2003), beating Germany men's national handball team ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2014–15 UEFA Futsal Cup
The 2014–15 UEFA Futsal Cup was the 29th edition of Europe's premier club futsal tournament and the 14th edition under the current UEFA Futsal Cup format. Times are Central European Time, CET (UTC+01:00, UTC+1) during winter and Central European Summer Time, CEST (UTC+02:00, UTC+2) during summer. Preliminary round Group A Group B Group C Group D Group E Group F Group G Group H Main round Note: FC Lokomotiv Kharkiv (Ukraine) were originally drawn into Group 3 with hosts MFK Dina Moskva (Russia). Due to the Russia-Ukraine conflict, a draw was held to reallocate Lokomotiv, and they switched groups with Futsal Team Charleroi (Belgium). Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 Group 4 Group 5 Group 6 Elite round FC Barcelona Futsal, FC Barcelona, AFC Kairat, Kairat Almaty, Araz Naxçivan and Sporting Clube de Portugal (futsal), Sporting CP received a bye to the Elite Round due to their coefficient ranking. The games were disputed between 18 and 23 of November 2014 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Futsal
Futsal is a football-based game played on a hardcourt, hard court smaller than a football pitch, and mainly indoors. It has similarities to five-a-side football and Indoor soccer, indoor football. Futsal is played between two teams of five players each, one of whom is the goalkeeper. Unlimited substitutions are permitted. Unlike some other forms of indoor soccer, it is played on a hard court surface marked by lines; walls or boards are not used. It is played with a smaller, harder, lower-bounce ball than football. The surface, ball and rules favour ball control and passing in small spaces. The game emphasizes control, improvisation, creativity and technique. Naming ''Futsal'' comes from the Portuguese ''futebol de salão'' and from the Spanish ''fútbol sala'' or ''fútbol de salón'' (all translatable as "indoor football"). During its second world championships held in Madrid in 1985, the Spanish name ''fútbol sala'' was used. The Asociación Mundial de Fútsal, World Futsal Assoc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Age Of Discovery
The Age of Discovery (or the Age of Exploration), also known as the early modern period, was a period largely overlapping with the Age of Sail, approximately from the 15th century to the 17th century in European history, during which seafaring Europeans explored and colonized regions across the globe. The extensive overseas exploration, with the Portuguese and Spanish at the forefront, later joined by the Dutch, English, and French, emerged as a powerful factor in European culture, most notably the European encounter and colonization of the Americas. It also marks an increased adoption of colonialism as a government policy in several European states. As such, it is sometimes synonymous with the first wave of European colonization. European exploration outside the Mediterranean started with the maritime expeditions of Portugal to the Canary Islands in 1336, and later with the Portuguese discoveries of the Atlantic archipelagos of Madeira and Azores, the coast of West Afr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Atlantis
Atlantis ( grc, Ἀτλαντὶς νῆσος, , island of Atlas (mythology), Atlas) is a fictional island mentioned in an allegory on the hubris of nations in Plato's works ''Timaeus (dialogue), Timaeus'' and ''Critias (dialogue), Critias'', wherein it represents the antagonist naval power that besieges "Ancient Athens", the Counterfactual history, pseudo-historic embodiment of Plato's ideal state in ''The Republic (Plato), The Republic''. In the story, Athens repels the Atlantean attack unlike any other nation of the Ecumene, known world, supposedly bearing witness to the superiority of Plato's concept of a state. The story concludes with Atlantis falling out of favor with the deities and submerging into the Atlantic Ocean. Despite its minor importance in Plato's work, the Atlantis story has had a considerable impact on literature. The allegorical aspect of Atlantis was taken up in utopian works of several Renaissance writers, such as Francis Bacon's ''New Atlantis'' and Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deluge Myth
A flood myth or a deluge myth is a myth in which a great flood, usually sent by a deity or deities, destroys civilization, often in an act of divine retribution. Parallels are often drawn between the flood waters of these myths and the primaeval waters which appear in certain creation myths, as the flood waters are described as a measure for the cleansing of humanity, in preparation for rebirth. Most flood myths also contain a culture hero, who "represents the human craving for life". The flood-myth motif occurs in many cultures, including the Mesopotamian flood stories, Native American in North America, the Genesis flood narrative, ''manvantara-sandhya'' in Hinduism, and Deucalion and Pyrrha in Greek mythology. Mythologies One example of a flood myth is the ''Epic of Gilgamesh''. Many scholars believe that this account was copied from the Akkadian ''Atra-Hasis'', which dates to the 18th century BCE. In the Gilgamesh flood myth, the highest god, Enlil, decides to dest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Big Bang
The Big Bang event is a physical theory that describes how the universe expanded from an initial state of high density and temperature. Various cosmological models of the Big Bang explain the evolution of the observable universe from the earliest known periods through its subsequent large-scale form. These models offer a comprehensive explanation for a broad range of observed phenomena, including the abundance of light elements, the cosmic microwave background (CMB) radiation, and large-scale structure. The overall uniformity of the Universe, known as the flatness problem, is explained through cosmic inflation: a sudden and very rapid expansion of space during the earliest moments. However, physics currently lacks a widely accepted theory of quantum gravity that can successfully model the earliest conditions of the Big Bang. Crucially, these models are compatible with the Hubble–Lemaître law—the observation that the farther away a galaxy is, the faster it is mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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