
The GETEC Arena (until 2011: ''"Bördelandhalle"'') is an
indoor sporting arena located in
Magdeburg
Magdeburg (; nds, label= Low Saxon, Meideborg ) is the capital and second-largest city of the German state Saxony-Anhalt. The city is situated at the Elbe river.
Otto I, the first Holy Roman Emperor and founder of the Archdiocese of Mag ...
,
Germany
Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG),, is a country in Central Europe. It is the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany lies between the Baltic and North Sea to the north and the Alps to the sou ...
. The maximum capacity of the arena is 8,071 people for
handball games and 8,820 for boxing matches. It is the current home to
SC Magdeburg
SC Magdeburg is a handball club from Magdeburg, Germany, and is competing in the Handball-Bundesliga.
History
During the time in the GDR, the club won 10 national championships (1970, 1977, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1988, 1991) and ...
's
Handball-Bundesliga
The Handball-Bundesliga (HBL) is the top German professional handball league. From 2007 onwards, the league was sponsored by Toyota and has officially been called the ''Toyota Handball-Bundesliga''. This lasted until 2012 when the Deutsche K ...
team.
External links
Fair- and Event-Company Magdeburg (Proprietor)(
German language
German ( ) is a West Germanic language mainly spoken in Central Europe. It is the most widely spoken and official or co-official language in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, and the Italian province of South Tyrol. It is als ...
)
Handball venues in Germany
Indoor arenas in Germany
Buildings and structures in Magdeburg
Sports venues in Saxony-Anhalt
Tourist attractions in Magdeburg
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