Panellinios Indoor Hall, or Panellinios AC Indoor Hall, is a multi-purpose indoor sporting arena that is located in the district of

Kypseli, Athens Kypseli ( el, Κυψέλη, ) is a neighbourhood in central Athens, Greece. It occupies much of the 6th municipal department of the municipality of Athens, and has a population of around 50,000. Ντίνα Βαΐου''Το αστικό τοπίο ...

, Greece. The arena can host

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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 ...

, and

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matches. The arena is small, with a permanent

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1,100, and a capacity of 1,800 spectators with temporary seating. The arena has modern locker room facilities for the home and visiting teams, for the

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and the game judges, a complete press room, an anti-doping control room, club management offices, and a fully furnished press room for the media. The arena is owned by

Panellinios G.S. Panellinios G.S. (Greek: Πανελλήνιος Γ.Σ.), full name, Panellinios Gymnastikos Syllogos (Greek: Πανελλήνιος Γυμναστικός Σύλλογος), is a Greek multi-sport club that is located in Athens and was founded in ...

History

The hall was constructed in 1976, by O.M.E.T.E. and Consulting Engineers of Greece. It has been the long-time home arena of the

Panellinios B.C. Panellinios B.C. ( el, Πανελλήνιος K.A.E., link=no) or Panellinios Basket, is a professional basketball club that is located in Athens, Greece. The club was founded in 1929. The name Panellinios can be translated as Pan-Hellenic in ...

basketball team, for

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games. Since 2012, the arena hosts the home matches of

Panathinaikos women's volleyball Panathinaikos AC Women's Volleyball Team is a Greek volleyball team, part of the major Athens-based multi-sport club Panathinaikos A.O. The department was founded in 1969 and is the most successful women's volleyball team in Greece, in terms of ...

team, and since 2013, the home matches of the Panathinaikos men's volleyball team.

References

External links

Panellinios BC Arena Home PageInformation on the stadium from the builder
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