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Granly Hockey Arena (also known as ''Esbjerg Skøjtehal'') is an
Granly Hockey Arena (also known as ''Esbjerg Skøjtehal'') is an ice hockey
Ice hockey (or simply hockey) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an ice skating rink with lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. In ice hockey, two opposing teams use ice hock ...
arena located in Esbjerg
Esbjerg (, ) is a seaport town and seat of Esbjerg Municipality on the west coast of the Jutland peninsula in southwest Denmark. By road, it is west of Kolding and southwest of Aarhus. With an urban population of 71,698 (1 January 2022)
, Denmark
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. The arena opened in 1974 and has a capacity of 4,200 people. Its primary tenant is Esbjerg IK
Esbjerg IK is an ice hockey club in Esbjerg, Denmark, with several youth and amateurs' teams. They have played their home games at Esbjerg Skøjtehal since 1976.
History
Esbjerg IK was founded on November 4, 1964, however, there was already an i ...
. The arena has been home to the ice hockey club Esbjerg Elite Ishockey
The Esbjerg Energy is a Denmark, Danish professional ice hockey team based in Esbjerg, Denmark, playing in the Metal Ligaen, the top tier of Danish ice hockey. The club was founded in 2005 and play their home games in the Granly Hockey Arena which ...
since 2005.
The rink has also hosted international curling
Curling is a sport in which players slide stones on a sheet of ice toward a target area which is segmented into four concentric circles. It is related to bowls, boules, and shuffleboard. Two teams, each with four players, take turns sliding ...
matches, most notably the 2011 World Women's Curling Championship and the 2015 European Curling Championships
The 2015 European Curling Championships were held from November 20 to 28 in Esbjerg, Denmark. Denmark last hosted the European Curling Championships in 1996 in Copenhagen. The Group C competitions were held during October in Champéry, Switzer ...
(both men and women).
References
Buildings and structures in Esbjerg Indoor ice hockey venues in Denmark 1974 establishments in Denmark Sports venues completed in 1974 Sports venues in the Region of Southern Denmark {{Denmark-sports-venue-stub