Erzurum GSIM Ice Arena (), is an indoor

ice hockey Ice hockey (or simply hockey in North America) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an Ice rink, ice skating rink with Ice hockey rink, lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. Tw ...

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located at Yakutiye district of

Erzurum Erzurum (; ) is a List of cities in Turkey, city in eastern Anatolia, Turkey. It is the largest city and capital of Erzurum Province and is 1,900 meters (6,233 feet) above sea level. Erzurum had a population of 367,250 in 2010. It is the site of an ...

, eastern

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. It was opened in 2009. The arena complex, owned by the Youth and Sport Directorate of Erzurum Province (GSİM), consists of two Olympic-size rinks in two buildings constructed side by side. The bigger venue has a

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for 3,000 people while the smaller hall holds 500 spectators. 3000-seat hall hosts the men's ice hockey team of the Erzurum Gençlik SK and the 500-seat hall the women's team. Both teams play in the Turkish Ice Hockey Super League and the Turkish Ice Hockey Women's League respectively.

International events hosted

* 25th Winter Universiade – Ice hockey – January 27 – February 6, 2011 * 11th IIHF World Championship Division III – April 15–21, 2012 *

2017 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival The 2017 European Youth Olympic Festival, European Youth Olympic Winter Festival was held in Erzurum, Turkey from 12 to 17 February 2017. The event had initially been planned for Sarajevo and East Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, whereas the 20 ...

– February 12–17, 2017

References

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International events hosted

See also

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