Alexander Gomelsky Universal Sports Hall CSKA, also known as USH CSKA, and formerly known as CSKA

Palace of Sports Palace of Sports or Sports Palace (russian: Дворец спорта) is a generic name of comprehensive indoors sports venues introduced in the Soviet Union (compare with Palace of Culture) of big size that includes various sports halls and auxil ...

, is a multi-purpose indoor sporting arena that is located in Moscow, Russia. It is a part of the

CSKA Sports Complex The CSKA Sports Complex is an Olympic Village that is part of CSKA Moscow and was prepared to the 1980 Summer Olympics. It is located right next to a military air field. Its athletics fieldhouse hosted the wrestling competitions while its football ...

. The arena is primarily used to host

basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (appr ...

and

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 ...

games, but it can also be used to host

boxing Boxing (also known as "Western boxing" or "pugilism") is a combat sport in which two people, usually wearing protective gloves and other protective equipment such as hand wraps and mouthguards, throw punches at each other for a predetermined ...

matches,

volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Summ ...

games,

handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball or Olympic handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of throwing it into the g ...

games,

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wrestling Wrestling is a series of combat sports involving grappling-type techniques such as clinch fighting, throws and takedowns, joint locks, pins and other grappling holds. Wrestling techniques have been incorporated into martial arts, combat ...

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, and other sports. The arena can also be used for dancing and other entertainment events. The seating capacity of the arena for basketball games 5000 people. The arena is named in honor of the late

Alexander Gomelsky Alexander Yakovlevich Gomelsky (russian: Александр Яковлевич Гомельский; 18 January 1928 – 16 August 2005) was a Russian professional basketball player and coach. The Father of Soviet and Russian basketball, he was i ...

, the former

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and honorary president of CSKA Moscow Basketball Club.Professional Basketball Club CSKA Moscow
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History

Universal Sports Hall CSKA was completed in the year 1979, during the preparations for the

1980 Summer Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics (russian: Летние Олимпийские игры 1980, Letniye Olimpiyskiye igry 1980), officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad (russian: Игры XXII Олимпиады, Igry XXII Olimpiady) and commo ...

, which were hosted by Moscow,

USSR The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen nationa ...

. The arena was used as a venue for the 1980 Olympics basketball tournament that was held there.1980 Summer Olympics official report.
Volume 2. Part 1. pp. 82-5. Universal Sports Hall CSKA has also been used as the long-time home arena of the basketball club,

PBC CSKA Moscow PBC CSKA Moscow (russian: ПБК ЦСКА Москва) is a Russian professional basketball team based in Moscow, Russia. The club is a member of the VTB United League, and was a member of the EuroLeague. On February 28, 2022, EuroLeague Basketb ...

. It has also been used as the home arena of futsal club,

MFK CSKA Moscow MFK CSKA Moskva is a Russian futsal club based in Moscow, part of multi-sport club CSKA Moscow. The club was founded in 1996 under the name ''Bolear-MGAFK''. In 1997, the team was renamed to ''CSKA-Bolear''. The following season, they qualifi ...

References

External links

Eurohockey.net CSKA Universal Sports HallFightlife.com CSKA Universal Sports HallImage of the interior of Universal Sports Hall CSKA
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