Čair Sports Center (), commonly known as Čair Hall () is an indoor sporting

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located in

Niš Niš (; sr-Cyrl, Ниш, ; names of European cities in different languages (M–P)#N, names in other languages), less often spelled in English as Nish, is the list of cities in Serbia, third largest city in Serbia and the administrative cente ...

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. The

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of the arena is 4,800 for

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and 6,500 at

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s. It is home to the KK Konstantin basketball team, RK Železničar 1949 handball team and OK Niš volleyball team.

History

The sports center "22 December" was opened in 1973, as largest sports center in the city of Niš. Later, its name was changed to "Čair Sports Center". It was completely reconstructed in 2011 for the needs of 2012 European Men's Handball Championship, as it was named one of tournament's venues. The reconstruction has been done according to highest European standards and criteria submitted by EHF, making Čair one of the most modern sporting halls in

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. The first match played in the Hall since it was reconstructed was between the senior women's handball national teams of Serbia and

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, on 19 October 2011 within EHF for Women 2012 Championship Qualifications.

Sporting events

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: 2003, 2008–2010, 2012,

2015 2015 was designated by the United Nations as: * International Year of Light * International Year of Soil __TOC__ Events January * January 1 – Lithuania officially adopts the euro as its currency, replacing the litas, and becomes ...

–

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* 2012 European Men's Handball Championship * 2012 European Women's Handball Championship * 2012 Davis Cup tie between Serbia and Sweden * 2013 World Women's Handball Championship * 2013 Fed Cup match between Serbia and Slovakia * 2014 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship qualification * 2017 Davis Cup tie between Serbia and Russia * 2018 Davis Cup tie between Serbia and United States * EuroBasket Women 2019 Group C

Notable concerts

* 2 February 1975 – Predrag Jovičić, vocalist of the rock band San, died from an

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onstage. * 8 March 1998 – Rock band Galija held a concert in the Hall. The recording of the concert was released on the live album '' Ja jesam odavde''. * 15 December 2011 –

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band Kerber celebrated their 30th anniversary with a concert in the Hall. The concert featured numerous guests: Dragoljub Đuričić, Kornelije Kovač, Dejan Najdanović, Neverne Bebe, YU Grupa, and others."Kerber u Nišu: Čair je mali za sve", balkanrock-com
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External links

* Indoor arenas in Serbia Basketball venues in Serbia Buildings and structures in Niš Sport in Niš 2012 European Women's Handball Championship Volleyball venues in Serbia Handball venues in Serbia {{Serbia-sports-venue-stub

History

Sporting events

Notable concerts

See also

References

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