The Nanjing Youth Olympic Sports Park () is a sport complex located in
Pukou District
Pukou District (), is one of 11 districts of Nanjing, the capital of Jiangsu province, China, lying northwest across the Yangtze River from downtown Nanjing.
The district was formerly the southern terminus of the Tianjin-Pukou Railway; railcars ...
,
Nanjing
Nanjing (; , Mandarin pronunciation: ), alternately romanized as Nanking, is the capital of Jiangsu province of the People's Republic of China. It is a sub-provincial city, a megacity, and the second largest city in the East China region. T ...
, China. Its construction was started in December 2011 as part of the venues used for
2014 Summer Youth Olympics
The 2014 Summer Youth Olympics (), officially known as the II Summer Youth Olympic Games , and commonly known as Nanjing 2014 ( zh, c=南京2014, p=Nánjīng Èr Líng yī sì), were the second Summer Youth Olympic Games, an international sports ...
. The complex, which occupies around 1,000,000 m
2 of land, consists of a main arena with other smaller sport venues.
Main arena
The main arena consists of two parts, the 21,000-seater Nanjing Youth Olympic Sports Park Arena and the 18,000-seater Nanjing Youth Olympic Sports Park Stadium.
Unveiled in November 2017, the indoor arena is the largest indoor stadium in
China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...
. The indoor arena can host a wide range of sports such as basketball, badminton, ice hockey, and gymnastics competitions.
Other facilities
During the 2014 Summer Youth Olympic Games, some permanent and temporary venues were built such as BMX Park, rugby sevens field, hockey field, modern pentathlon course, and beach volleyball arena.
There is also the Nanjing Olympic Museum located in the park.
Tournaments hosted
* 2016 World Roller Speed Skating Championships
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2018 BWF World Championships
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2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup
The 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup was the 18th tournament of the FIBA Basketball World Cup for men's national basketball teams. The tournament was hosted in China and was rescheduled from 2018 to 2019, becoming the first since 1967 FIBA World Ch ...
See also
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List of indoor arenas in China
The following is a list of indoor arenas in China, with a capacity of at least 4,000 spectators.
Most of the arenas in this list have multiple uses such as individual sports, team sports as well as cultural events and political events.
Current ...
References
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Sports venues in Nanjing
Multi-purpose stadiums in China
Olympic International Broadcast Centres