The Biljanini Izvori Sports Hall ( mk, Спортска сала Билјанини Извори,

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''Sportska sala Biljanini Izvori'') is a multi-functional indoor sports arena. It is located in

Ohrid Ohrid ( mk, Охрид ) is a city in North Macedonia and is the seat of the Ohrid Municipality. It is the largest city on Lake Ohrid and the List of cities in North Macedonia, eighth-largest city in the country, with the municipality recording ...

North Macedonia North Macedonia, ; sq, Maqedonia e Veriut, (Macedonia before February 2019), officially the Republic of North Macedonia,, is a country in Southeast Europe. It gained independence in 1991 as one of the successor states of Socialist Feder ...

. The sports hall was inaugurated in August 1998 and has a capacity of 4,000 seats for

handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball or Olympic handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of throwing it into the ...

and 4,500 for

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. It is used by several handball and basketball teams from Ohrid. It was one of two venues used during the

2008 European Women's Handball Championship The 2008 EHF European Women's Handball Championship was held in the Republic of Macedonia from 2–14 December, it was won by Norway women's national handball team, Norway after beating Spain women's national handball team, Spain 34–21 in the ...

Notable events

* Macedonian handball trophy (women), August 1998 * European Youth Championships in basketball, July–August 2000 * Qualification matches of men's and women's basketball national team * European Junior Championships in handball * Balkan Police Championships * Balkan Youth Olympic Days 2002 * Professional boxing matches * Men's Junior Handball Championship - 2007 *

References

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* Handball venues in North Macedonia Indoor arenas in North Macedonia Basketball venues in North Macedonia Sport in Ohrid {{NorthMacedonia-sports-venue-stub