Al-Hamadaniah Sports Arena ( ar, صالة الحمدانية الرياضية) is an indoor sports hall in Aleppo, Syria. With a

seating capacity Seating capacity is the number of people who can be seated in a specific space, in terms of both the physical space available, and limitations set by law. Seating capacity can be used in the description of anything ranging from an automobile that ...

of 7,964, it is the largest indoor hall in Syria. It is designated to host

basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball (approximately in diameter) through the defender's h ...

, handball and

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matches. Al-Hamadaniah Sports Arena is part of the al-Hamadaniah Sports City. The arena is served by 4 additional indoor sports training halls. The playground of the arena has a length of 60 metres and a width of 25 metres.

History

The construction process was launched in 2004 and scheduled to be completed in 2007.Al-Hamadaniah Sports Arena at Tishreen news
However, it was delayed for many years due to the corruption among the members of the Aleppo branch of the Syrian General Sports Federation. It was finally completed in 2020. The arena was opened on 17 December 2021 by the basketball match of the home club

Al-Ittihad SC Aleppo Al-Ittihad Sports Club of Aleppo ( ar, نادي الاتحاد الرياضي الحلبي) is a professional multi-sports club based in the Syrian city of Aleppo, mostly known for its football team which competes in the Syrian Premier League, ...

against

Al-Jaish SC Damascus ) , founded = as ''Al-Jaish SC'' , ground = Al-Fayhaa Stadium , capacity = 12,000 , chairman = Mohsen Abbas , manager = Tarek Jabban , league = Syrian Premier League , season = 2021–22 , current = 2021–22 Syrian Premier League , pos ...

. In July 2022, the Syrian national basketball team played two matches in the arena against

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and

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as part of the 2023 FIBA World Cup qualification. A record 13,500 spectators came to the game against Bahrain, which was the highest qualifying attendance in the world in that period.

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