Ano Liosia Olympic Hall is a multi-purpose and multi-sport

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that is located in

Ano Liosia Ano Liosia ( el, Άνω Λιόσια) is a suburb and a former municipality in the northern part of the Athens agglomeration, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Fyli, of which it is the seat and a munici ...

, a suburb of

Athens Athens ( ; el, Αθήνα, Athína ; grc, Ἀθῆναι, Athênai (pl.) ) is both the capital and largest city of Greece. With a population close to four million, it is also the seventh largest city in the European Union. Athens dominates ...

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. The arena was mainly used to host various

martial arts Martial arts are codified systems and traditions of combat practiced for a number of reasons such as self-defense; military and law enforcement applications; combat sport, competition; physical, mental, and spiritual development; entertainment; a ...

tournaments but from 2021 its used by AEK B.C. for its home games in the

Greek Basket League The Greek Basket League (GBL), often also referred to as the Greek A1 Basketball League, or Greek Basketball Championship (originally called Panhellenic Basketball Championship), and also known as the Stoiximan Basket League for sponsorship reaso ...

and the

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. The arena's

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for sporting events is 8,327 people.

History

Athens 2004 and the years after

Ano Liosia Olympic Hall was opened in 2004. The arena was used to host the

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and

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events at the

2004 Athens Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...

. After the 2004 Athens Summer Olympics, the venue became the site of various

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productions, including the Greek version of the reality show ''

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''. From 19 May to 6 June 2010, the arena hosted the

Greek Ice Hockey Championship The Greek Ice hockey Championship ( el, Ελληνικό Πρωτάθλημα Χόκεϊ επί Πάγου) is the only level of ice hockey in Greece. It is operated under the jurisdiction of the Hellenic Ice Sports Federation, an associate membe ...

, for both men and women. At one point in time, the arena was scheduled to be the home of the Hellenic Academy of Culture and Hellenic Digital Archive.

AEK B.C.

On May 13, 2019, the Greek Government decided to cede the venue to the General Secretariat of Sports, with the aim of subsequently ceding it to AEK B.C. On June 22, 2020, it was announced that the arena's use until the year 2040, was granted to the professional basketball club

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, of the

, in order for the arena to host the home games of the club. The club will begin using the arena for the 2021–22 season. On 18 November the Hall's Gymnasium was named Gymnastirio Stevan Jelovac.Συγκίνηση έγιναν τα αποκαλυπτήρια του γυμναστηρίου Στέφαν Γέλοβατς capitano.gr
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Gallery

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