Sud de France Arena (also known as the Arena Montpellier) is an
indoor arena
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located in the
Montpellier
Montpellier (, , ; oc, Montpelhièr ) is a city in southern France near the Mediterranean Sea. One of the largest urban centres in the region of Occitania (administrative region), Occitania, Montpellier is the prefecture of the Departments of ...
suburb of
Pérols
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, in the south of
France that opened in September 2010. It has a seating capacity of 14,000 spectators, with near 10,000 for sporting events.
Notable events
The stadium hosted the
Violetta Live International Tour, recording the video clips of the concert that are now published. It will host the
European
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matches of
Montpellier Handball and the
Open Sud de France tennis tournament. It also hosted the
XXXI World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships which served as a qualification process for the
2012 Summer Olympics
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. The arena hosted the
2015 European Artistic Gymnastics Championships
The 6th European European Men's Artistic Gymnastics Championships, Men's and European Women's Artistic Gymnastics Championships, Women's Artistic Gymnastics Individual Championships was held from 15 to 19 April 2015 at the Park&Suites Arena in Mon ...
on April 13–19.
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It hosted a group of the
FIBA EuroBasket 2015
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, and some matches of the
2017 World Men's Handball Championship
The 2017 IHF World Men's Handball Championship was the 25th event hosted by the International Handball Federation. The event was held in France from 11 to 29 January 2017.
France, in a clean sweep, defended their title by defeating Norway 33–26 ...
.
In 2021, the arena hosted the
UCI Urban Cycling World Championships.
In March 2022, it hosted the
World Figure Skating Championships.
See also
*
List of indoor arenas in France
The following is a list of indoor arenas in France with a capacity of at least 2,500 spectators, most of the arenas in this list are for multi use proposes and are used for popular sports such as individual sports like karate, judo, boxing as wel ...
References
External links
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Indoor arenas in France
Basketball venues in France
Handball venues in France
Sports venues in Montpellier
Sports venues completed in 2010
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