Pavelló Girona-Fontajau is an indoor arena in

Girona Girona (officially and in Catalan , Spanish: ''Gerona'' ) is a city in northern Catalonia, Spain, at the confluence of the Ter, Onyar, Galligants, and Güell rivers. The city had an official population of 103,369 in 2020. Girona is the capital ...

Catalonia Catalonia (; ca, Catalunya ; Aranese Occitan: ''Catalonha'' ; es, Cataluña ) is an autonomous community of Spain, designated as a '' nationality'' by its Statute of Autonomy. Most of the territory (except the Val d'Aran) lies on the nort ...

, northern

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, that holds 5,500

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. It is primarily used for

basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball (approximately in diameter) through the defender's h ...

and is the home arena of

Uni Girona CB Uni Girona Club de Basquet, also known as Spar Girona (previously Spar Citylift Girona) for sponsorship reasons, is a Spanish women's basketball club from Girona. History Founded in 2005 from the fusion of local clubs CE Santa Eugènia and CB Ve ...

and

Bàsquet Girona Club Bàsquet Girona 2014 is a Spanish basketball club based in Girona, Catalonia, that was founded in 2014 by NBA player Marc Gasol. History The club was founded in 2014 by NBA player Marc Gasol, who previously played in CB Girona between 2006 an ...

. The building was designed in 1993 by the architects Esteve Bonell and Josep M. Gil and was opened on September 4, 1993. It is structured in two levels, one for the public (the high level) and another, of which use is restricted to the sportsmen (the low level), with differentiated entries. Apart from basketball, it is used also for other sports like Indoor motorcycle trials and

tennis Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball ...

matches.

Notable events

Fontajau hosted the matches of three groups of the

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and the 2007 FIBA EuroCup Final Four, that local club

Akasvayu Girona Club Bàsquet Sant Josep was a professional basketball team based in Girona, Catalonia, Spain. History The club was founded in 1962 by Ramon Sitjà as CB Sant Josep. In 1989 it became the Anonymous Sport Association (SAD). In 1987, when the ACB ...

won. In 2017, it hosted the

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Attendances

This is a list of league attendances of

CB Girona Club Bàsquet Sant Josep was a professional basketball team based in Girona, Catalonia, Spain. History The club was founded in 1962 by Ramon Sitjà as CB Sant Josep. In 1989 it became the Anonymous Sport Association (SAD). In 1987, when the ...

when it played in the Liga ACB.

References

External links

Pavelló Girona-Fontajau at Girona Town Hall website
{{Liga ACB venues

Indoor arenas in Spain

Buildings and structures in Girona Sports venues completed in 1993 1993 establishments in Spain