Poprad Ice Stadium (Slovak: ''Zimný štadión mesta Poprad'') is an
arena
An arena is a large enclosed platform, often circular or oval-shaped, designed to showcase theatre, musical performances, or sporting events. It is composed of a large open space surrounded on most or all sides by tiered seating for spectators ...
in
Poprad
Poprad (; hu, Poprád; german: Deutschendorf) is a city in northern Slovakia at the foot of the High Tatra Mountains, famous for its picturesque historic centre and as a holiday resort. It is the biggest town of the Spiš region and the t ...
,
Slovakia
Slovakia (; sk, Slovensko ), officially the Slovak Republic ( sk, Slovenská republika, links=no ), is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east, Hungary to the south, Austria to the s ...
. It is primarily used for
ice hockey
Ice hockey (or simply hockey) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an ice skating rink with lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. In ice hockey, two opposing teams use ice h ...
and is the home ice of
HK Poprad
HK Poprad is a professional ice hockey team in the Slovak Extraliga, the top ice hockey league in Slovakia. It plays its games in Poprad, Slovakia. The squad's greatest success was 2nd place in the Slovak Extraliga in 2006, 2011 and 2021. The club ...
(playing in the
Slovak Extraliga
The Tipos Extraliga (Slovak Extraliga) is the highest-level ice hockey league in Slovakia. From the 2018–19 season to the 2020–21 season, the league included one or two teams from Hungary. In 2009, it was ranked by the IIHF as the fifth st ...
). It has a capacity of 4,500 people and was built in 1973 and renovated in 2011. During the
2011–12 KHL season
The 2011–12 KHL season was the fourth season of the Kontinental Hockey League. The regular season began with the Opening Cup game on 7 September 2011, but because of the 2011 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash, which occurred during the first peri ...
, it was also the home arena of
Lev Poprad
Hockey Club Lev Poprad (Lion), was a professional ice hockey team and a former member of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) based in Poprad, Slovakia. The Lev existed for only one year, playing in the 2011–12 KHL season.
History
The team was ...
, which was playing in the
Kontinental Hockey League
The Kontinental Hockey League (KHL; russian: Континентальная хоккейная лига (КХЛ), Kontinental'naya khokkeynaya liga) is an international professional ice hockey league founded in 2008. It comprises member clubs ba ...
.
Notable events
An overview of some sport events:
;1987
*
1987 Winter Universiade
The 1987 Winter Universiade, the XIII Winter Universiade, took place in Štrbské Pleso, Czechoslovakia.
Medal table
References
1987
Universiade
U
Winter Universiade
The Universiade is an international multi-sport event, organized for ...
;1994
*1994
IIHF World Championship Group C1
;1999
*
1999 Winter Universiade
The 1999 Winter Universiade, the XIX Winter Universiade, took place in Poprad Tatry, Slovakia.
Medal table
Sports
* Figure skating
1999
File:1999 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The funeral procession of King Hussein of Jor ...
;2017
*
2017 IIHF World Under-18 Championship
References
External links
Indoor ice hockey venues in Slovakia
Poprad
Poprad (; hu, Poprád; german: Deutschendorf) is a city in northern Slovakia at the foot of the High Tatra Mountains, famous for its picturesque historic centre and as a holiday resort. It is the biggest town of the Spiš region and the t ...
Sport in Poprad
Poprad
Poprad (; hu, Poprád; german: Deutschendorf) is a city in northern Slovakia at the foot of the High Tatra Mountains, famous for its picturesque historic centre and as a holiday resort. It is the biggest town of the Spiš region and the t ...
HC Lev Poprad
Sports venues completed in 1973
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