List of indoor arenas in Africa

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This is a list of indoor arenas in Africa with seating capacities of at least of 2,000.

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Current arenas

CountryLocationArenaDate builtCapacityImageRef.
Algeria (List) [1] Algiers Hacène Harcha Arena 19758,000
Oran Hamou Boutlélis Sports Palace 19605,000 Hamou Boutlelis Sports Palace (2024).jpg
Bir El Djir Miloud Hadefi Omnisport Arena 20227,000 Miloud Hadefi Complex Omnisport Arena.png
Chéraga La Coupole d’Alger Arena 19755,500 Salle omnisport a Alger - Oscar Niemeyer.jpg
Arzew 24 February Indoor Hall 20073,000
Angola Luanda Pavilhão da Cidadela 6,873 Pavilhao da Cidadela.png
Pavilhão Multiusos de Luanda 201312,750
Pavilhão Dream Space 20102,500
Benguela Pavilhão Acácias Rubras 20072,100
Cabinda Pavilhão do Tafe 20072,100
Huambo Pavilhão Serra Van-Dúnem 20072,100
Lubango Pavilhão Nossa Senhora do Monte 20072,000
Malanje Pavilhão Palanca Negra Gigante 20133,000
Moçâmedes Pavilhão Welwitschia Mirabilis 20133,000
Cameroon Yaoundé Yaoundé Multipurpose Sports Complex 20085,263 Yaounde Sports Palace 2014 (12).JPG
Douala Japoma Arena 20222,000
Central African Republic Bangui Martin Ngoko National Basketball Center
5,000
Congo Brazzaville Palais des Sports Kintélé 201510,134
DR Congo Kinshasa Stade des Martyrs Gymnasium 1 20233,000
Stade des Martyrs Gymnasium 2 20232,000
Egypt (List) Cairo Cairo Stadium Indoor Halls Complex 199120,000 Egypt x Kuwait. August 7, 2009.jpg
Abdulrahman Fawzi Hall 19864,000
Al Ahly Sports Hall 19912,500
New Administrative Capital Olympic City Hall 1 [2] 202315,000
Olympic City Hall 2 [2] 20238,000
Sports City indoor Hall 20217,000
Alexandria Borg El Arab Sports Hall 20215,000
Port Said Port Said Hall 19995,000
Gabon Libreville Le Palais des Sports de Libreville 20186,000
Ghana Accra Borteyman Sports Complex 20245,000
Ivory Coast Abidjan Palais des Sports de Treichville 19783,500 Cipalaisdessports.JPG
Kenya Nairobi Kasarani Indoor Arena 19875,000
Libya Benghazi Suliman Ad-Dharrath Arena 196710,000
Tripoli Great Hall
Madagascar Antananarivo Palais des Sports Mahamasina
7,100
Palais des sports et la culture Mahamasina, Madagascar.jpg
Mali Bamako Pavillon des sports Modibo Keita 19603,000
Morocco (List) Casablanca Salle Mohammed V 198112,000
Rabat Salle Moulay Abdellah 198310,000
Salle Ibn Yassine 5,000
Fez Salle 11th November 4,000
Agadir Salle Al Inbiâate 4,000
Mozambique Maputo Pavilhão do Maxaquene 20115,000
Namibia Swakopmund The Dome  [ de ]20148,000 The Dome, Swakopmund, Namibia - Mapillary (ziLEA8dyjVNedb2kBc3I-w).jpg
Niger Niamey Palais du 29 Juillet Niger, Niamey, Palais du 29 Juillet.jpg
Nigeria Abuja Abuja Sports Hall 3,000
Lagos National Stadium Indoor Hall 1961 A side view of the National Stadium.jpg
Port Harcourt Rivers State Basketball Complex 3,000
Kaduna Ahmadu Bello Stadium 1965
Rwanda Kigali BK Arena 201910,000 BK ARENA (cropped).jpg
Lycée de Kigali
2023
1,500
Petit Stade
1,000
Senegal Dakar (Diamniadio) Dakar Arena 201815,000 Dakar Arena, Senegal.jpg
South Africa (List) Cape Town Bellville Velodrome 19977,800 Velodrome Panorama1 resize.jpg
Johannesburg Ticketpro Dome 199720,000 Coca-Cola Dome.jpg
Ellis Park Arena 19906,300
Wembley Arena
Durban ICC Durban Arena 200710,000 ICC Durban-20140315.jpg
Pretoria SunBet Arena 20178,500 SunBet Arena 2024 BAL season.png
Tanzania Dar es Salaam Benjamin Mpaka National Indoor Stadium
IST Gymnasium
Kibaha The Filbert Bayi Olympafrica Centre
2013
2,500
[3]
Tunisia (List) Radès Salle Omnisport de Radès 200417,000 CA MAS AFR LIGUEFOOT Nov2011 9.JPG
Tunis Salle El Menzah 19675,500 Tunis Coupole Menzah.jpg
Nabeul Salle Bir Challouf 20045,000
Monastir Monastir Indoor Sports Hall 20065,000 SalleOmnisport7NovembreMonastir.JPG
Sfax Raed Bejaoui Indoor Sports Hall 4,000
Sousse Sousse Olympic Indoor Sports Hall 19873,000
Béni Khiar Béni Khiar Indoor Sports Hall 3,000 Beni Khiar salle de sports.jpg
Hammamet Hammamet Indoor Sports Hall 20082,500
Aryanah Aryanah Indoor Sports Hall 2,000 Salle Ariana.jpg
Zimbabwe Harare City Sports Center
4,000
[4]

Future arenas

CountryLocationArenaBroke groundCapacityTenant/useImage
Egypt Hurghada Hurghada Stadium Indoor Halls Complex 20213,000
Sharm El Sheikh Sharm El-Sheikh Indoor halls complex 20213,000
Democratic Republic of Congo Kinshasa Kinshasa Arena 202320,000
Nigeria Lagos Lagos Arena 202412,000
Benin City Edo Arena 20246,000

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References

  1. Algeria sports venues
  2. 1 2 "Facilities of the Olympic City of Egypt".
  3. https://allafrica.com/stories/201305010605.html
  4. "City Sports Centre". Pindula. Retrieved 2024-11-04.