Kallithea Palais des Sports (

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: Παλέ ντε Σπορ Καλλιθέας), is an indoor sporting arena that is located on the Greek island of

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, in

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, some 13 km away from

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. The arena is mainly used to host

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and

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. The

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of the arena is 1,400 people with permanent tier seating, and 2,000 with temporary tier seating.

History

Kallithea Palais des Sports hosted the Final Four of the 2018

Greek Volleyball Cup The Greek Volleyball Cup began with 1980–81 season. It is organized by Hellenic Volleyball Federation. The competition was not held sometimes in the past for financial reasons . Olympiacos won the first Cup in 1981 and is the most successful cl ...

. The Greek basketball club, AE Kallitheas Rodou, has used the arena to host its home games. Kallithea Palais des Sports became the home arena of the Greek

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basketball team Kolossos, of the

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, prior to the 2019–20 season.Κολοσσός: Αλλάζει έδρα τη νέα αγωνιστική περίοδο .
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