Larissa Neapolis Indoor Arena is an indoor sporting arena that is located in the city of Larissa, Greece, in the district of Neapolis. The arena is 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 Sum ...

games. The arena is a part of the Larissa National Sports Center complex. The permanent

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of the arena for basketball games is 4,000, using only the permanent upper-tier seats, and 5,500 using the retractable lower-tier bleachers. The seating capacity of the arena for volleyball games is 4,000, using only the permanent upper-tier seats, and 6,500 using the retractable lower-tier bleachers.fivb.ch Larisa Neapolis National Sporthall 6,500.
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History

The arena was opened in 1995. Over the years, it has been used at various times, as the home arena of the local

teams Gymnastikos S. Larissas,

AEL 1964 Athlitiki Enosi Larissas ( el, Αθλητική Ένωση Λάρισας,e-ael.gr
''Athletic Union of Larissa''), foun ...

, G.S. Olympia Larissa and Larissa, which all competed in the top-tier level

Greek Basket League The Greek Basket League (GBL), often also referred to as the Greek A1 Basketball League, or Greek Basketball Championship (originally called Panhellenic Basketball Championship), and also known as the Stoiximan Basket League for sponsorship reaso ...

. It has also been used as the home arena of the women's

team Filathlitikos Larissaikos. The arena was renovated in 2017.

Events hosted

FIBA Under-19 World Cup The FIBA Under-19 Basketball World Cup (formerly FIBA Under-19 World Championship) is the under-19 men's world basketball championship organised by the International Basketball Federation (FIBA). From its inauguration in 1979, until 2007, it was ...

Group Stage: (

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) * EuroLeague Women Final Four: (

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) *

Greek Cup The Greek Football Cup ( el, Κύπελλο Ελλάδος Ποδοσφαίρου), commonly known as the Greek Cup or Kypello Elladas is a Greek football competition, run by the Hellenic Football Federation. The Greek Cup is the second most ...

Final Four: (2003)

References

External links

Information on the arena
@ Stadia.gr
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History

Events hosted

See also

References

External links