Eulachhalle is an

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located in

Winterthur , neighboring_municipalities = Brütten, Dinhard, Elsau, Hettlingen, Illnau-Effretikon, Kyburg, Lindau, Neftenbach, Oberembrach, Pfungen, Rickenbach, Schlatt, Seuzach, Wiesendangen, Zell , twintowns = Hall in Tirol (Austria), La ...

Switzerland ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...

. It is primarily used for

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and is the home arena of

Pfadi Winterthur Pfadi Winterthur is a team handball club from Switzerland. Currently, Pfadi Winterthur competes in the Swiss First League of Handball. The club developed out of an informal handball team which won the competitions during the national jambo ...

and

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. Eulachhalle holds 2,300 people. The heavy

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performed a live during the tour

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, the second of October 1998. In 2008, the arena was the host of the finals of the men's and

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EuroFloorball Cup final rounds. The Arena has also twice been the host of the

UCI Indoor Cycling World Championships The UCI Indoor Cycling World Championships are the set of world championship events for the disciplines of artistic cycling and a tournament of cycle ball. The World Championships are regulated by the Union Cycliste Internationale The ''Union ...

, in

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and

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. At the 2007 world championships there was a record number of 3,280 spectators in the arena. Eulachhalle also holds regular

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s and

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External links

Official website
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