The Dakar Arena (nicknamed Palais des sports de Diamniadio) is an indoor sports arena located in

Diamniadio Diamniadio is a town and urban commune in Senegal. History Diamniadio is a part of the collective development program of the government of Senegal under the leadership of President Macky Sall to revitalize Senegal's economy. The development of ...

, Senegal. Built between 2016 and 2018, it is primarily used for

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games, and it is the home arena of the

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and the

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. The arena has a

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of 15,000 people. It is one of Africa's newest basketball arenas.

History

President

Macky Sall Macky Sall (, , ; born 11 December 1961) is a Senegalese politician who served as the fourth president of Senegal from 2012 to 2024. He previously served as the eighth Prime Minister of Senegal, prime minister from 2004 to 2007, under President ...

promised to build a new basketball arena, after

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won the AfroBasket Women 2015. The objective was to replace the

Marius Ndiaye Stadium Marius Ndiaye stadium (''Stade Marius Ndiaye'') is an indoor arena in Dakar, Senegal Dakar ( ; ; ) is the capital and largest city of Senegal. The department of Dakar has a population of 1,278,469, and the population of the Dakar metropoli ...

as the home arena for both men and women basketball teams in Senegal. The Dakar Arena was broke down on 9 May 2016, by President

, Prime Minister Mahammed Boun Abdallah Dionne and many basketball players. On 8 August 2018, the Dakar Arena was inaugurated by

. It hosted all matches of the 2019 Women's Afrobasket. The final took place in front of a capacity crowd of 15,000.https://www.fiba.basketball/en/news/womensafrobasket-2019-news-new-record-as-arena-dakar-register-biggest-crowd-in-african-basketball-history The Dakar Arena was the venue of the Sahara Conference of the

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(BAL) in the

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and

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seasons.

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Dakar Arena Dakar Arena Buildings and structures in Dakar Venues of the 2026 Summer Youth Olympics {{Senegal-sports-venue-stub

History

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