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The Nanjing Youth Olympic Sports Park () is a sport complex located in
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, China. Its construction was started in December 2011 as part of the venues used for
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. The complex, which occupies around 1,000,000 m2 of land, consists of a main arena with other smaller sport venues.


Main arena

The main arena consists of two parts, the 21,000-seater Nanjing Youth Olympic Sports Park Arena and the 18,000-seater Nanjing Youth Olympic Sports Park Stadium. Unveiled in November 2017, the indoor arena is the largest indoor stadium in
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. The indoor arena can host a wide range of sports such as basketball, badminton, ice hockey, and gymnastics competitions.


Other facilities

During the 2014 Summer Youth Olympic Games, some permanent and temporary venues were built such as BMX Park, rugby sevens field, hockey field, modern pentathlon course, and beach volleyball arena. There is also the Nanjing Olympic Museum located in the park.


Tournaments hosted

* 2016 World Roller Speed Skating Championships *
2018 BWF World Championships The 2018 BWF World Championships was a badminton tournament which was held from 30 July to 5 August at Nanjing Youth Olympic Games Sports Park Arena in Nanjing, China. Host city selection Nanjing was the only bidder for 2018 edition of champions ...
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2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup The 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup was the 18th tournament of the FIBA Basketball World Cup for men's national basketball teams, held from 31 August to 15 September 2019. The tournament was hosted in China and was rescheduled from 2018 to 2019, b ...


See also

* List of indoor arenas in China


References

{{IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics venues Sports venues in Nanjing Multi-purpose stadiums in China Venues of the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics Olympic International Broadcast Centres 2011 in Nanjing