GPYW Indoor Stadium is an
indoor sporting arena located in
Riyadh
Riyadh (, ar, الرياض, 'ar-Riyāḍ, lit.: 'The Gardens' Najdi pronunciation: ), formerly known as Hajr al-Yamamah, is the capital and largest city of Saudi Arabia. It is also the capital of the Riyadh Province and the centre of th ...
,
Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia, officially the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), is a country in Western Asia. It covers the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula, and has a land area of about , making it the fifth-largest country in Asia, the second-largest in the A ...
. The capacity of the arena is 5,000 spectators. It hosts indoor sporting events such as
basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball (approximately in diameter) through the defender's h ...
and hosts the home matches of
Al-Hilal. It also hosted the
Asian Basketball Confederation Championship 1997
The 1997 Men's Asian Basketball Confederation Championship was held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Qualification
According to the FIBA Asia rules, each zone had two places, and the hosts (Saudi Arabia) and the best 5 teams of the previous Asian Champi ...
championship.
It hosted the official
1997 Asian Basketball Championship
The 1997 Men's Asian Basketball Confederation Championship was held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Qualification
According to the FIBA Asia rules, each zone had two places, and the hosts (Saudi Arabia) and the best 5 teams of the previous Asian Champi ...
where
Saudi Arabia's national basketball team
The Saudi Arabia national basketball team is the national basketball team representing the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. It is administrated by the Saudi Arabian Basketball Federation. ( ar, اتحاد المملكة العربية السعودية ...
finished in the ''Final Four''.
External links
GPYW website
Indoor arenas in Saudi Arabia
Basketball venues in Saudi Arabia
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