EWS Arena (formerly Hohenstaufenhalle) is an
indoor sporting arena located in
Göppingen
Göppingen (Swabian: ''Geppenge'' or ''Gebbenga'') is a town in southern Germany, part of the Stuttgart Region of Baden-Württemberg. It is the capital of the district Göppingen. Göppingen is home to the toy company Märklin, and it is the bi ...
,
Germany
Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ...
. The capacity of the arena is 5,600 people. It hosts the home matches of women's and men's
Handball Bundesliga handball teams of
Frisch Auf Göppingen
Turn- und Polizeisportgemeinschaft Frisch Auf Göppingen e.V. is a sports club from Germany, located in Göppingen, Baden-Württemberg. The club's men's handball team plays under the name FRISCH AUF! Göppingen in Handball-Bundesliga. Nine-time c ...
. In its previous building, it hosted six
team handball
Handball (also known as team handball, European handball or Olympic handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of throwing it into the ...
matches for the
1972 Summer Olympics
The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and commonly known as Munich 1972 (german: München 1972), was an international multi-sport event held in Munich, West Germany, from 26 August to 11 September 1972. ...
in
Munich
Munich ( ; german: München ; bar, Minga ) is the capital and most populous city of the German state of Bavaria. With a population of 1,558,395 inhabitants as of 31 July 2020, it is the third-largest city in Germany, after Berlin and Ha ...
. It was opened in 1967 and rebuilt and enlarged between 2007 and 2009.
References
1972 Summer Olympics official report.Volume 1. Part 1. p. 121.
1972 Summer Olympics official report.Volume 3. p. 375.
External links
Official website
Venues of the 1972 Summer Olympics
Handball venues in Germany
Indoor arenas in Germany
Olympic handball venues
Buildings and structures in Göppingen (district)
Sports venues in Baden-Württemberg
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