Horia Demian Sports Hall ( ro, 'Sala Sporturilor Horia Demian'), part of the city's Splaiul Independenţei sports complex, is a multi-use arena in

Cluj-Napoca ; hu, kincses város) , official_name=Cluj-Napoca , native_name= , image_skyline= , subdivision_type1 = Counties of Romania, County , subdivision_name1 = Cluj County , subdivision_type2 = Subdivisions of Romania, Status , subdivision_name2 ...

Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern, and Southeast Europe, Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, S ...

. It is used as the home ground of both the men's and women's

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 ...

and

basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (appr ...

teams of

CS Universitatea Cluj-Napoca CS Universitatea Cluj-Napoca is a Romanian sports society from Cluj-Napoca, Romania. Founded in September 1919 by the "Sports Society of University Students" ( ro, Societatea Sportivă a Studenţilor Universitari). Its first chairman was Prof. I ...

. It holds 2,525 seats. The arena is named in honour of

Horia Demian Horia Demian (1942–1989) was a Romanian basketball player who played for U Cluj (Ştiinţa Cluj between 1951–1965, currently U-BT Cluj-Napoca) from 1960 until 197 During that period, U Cluj finished second in one season and third in four sea ...

, a local basketball player. It hosted the

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MTV Romania Music Awards The MTV Romania Music Awards ( ro, Premiile Muzicale MTV România) have been held since 2002 celebrating Romanian music. Recipients of the awards have been Eurovision contestants and some have gone on to represent Romania in the competition. The ...

. It will be used as one of the two venues for the

2020 FIBA Under-17 Women's Basketball World Cup The 2020 FIBA U17 Women's Basketball World Cup ( ro, Cupa mondială de baschet feminin FIBA sub-17 ani 2020) would have been an international basketball competition to be held in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. It would have been the sixth edition of the ...

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