Lefkotheo

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Lefkotheo Indoor Arena
Lefkotheo
Location Engomi, Nicosia
OwnerCyprus Sport Organisation
Capacity 3,000 [1]
Opened1982 [2]
Tenants
APOEL BC
APOEL Futsal
APOEL VC

The Lefkotheo Indoor Hall is an indoor arena in Nicosia, Cyprus. It is located next to the Makario Stadium, with which it shares a common car parking lot. It has a crowd capacity of 3,000 seated spectators. [3] Currently, the arena is used by the basketball, volleyball and futsal departments of APOEL Nicosia.

History

Lefkotheo Indoor Hall was the first major indoor sports hall to be constructed in Cyprus. Its construction was finished in 1980. It mainly caters to basketball, volleyball, futsal and handball matches, but it can also be converted to host badminton, gymnastics, [4] and boxing matches. [5]

The arena hosted many events during the 1989 Games of the Small States of Europe.

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References

  1. "Lefkotheo" Sport Center. Archived 2016-05-30 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ""Λευκόθεο" Κλειστό Γυμναστήριο". cyprussports.org (in Greek). Archived from the original on 2019-02-09. Retrieved 2019-02-09.
  3. "Lefkotheo" Sport Center. Archived 2016-05-30 at the Wayback Machine
  4. "Lefkotheo Indoor Hall". Archived from the original on 2016-10-26. Retrieved 2017-10-28.
  5. Lefkotheo Indoor Arena Nicosia Cyprus. Archived 2010-01-14 at the Wayback Machine

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