The Jangchung Arena () is an indoor sporting arena located in

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, South Korea. Volleyball teams

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and Seoul Woori Card Woori Won are the tenants.

History

At first, the arena was an army gymnasium, built on 23 June 1955. It was later fully reconstructed and opened on 1 February 1963. In 1966, the venue hosted a boxing match between

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and

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, where Kim became the first South Korean to win the boxing world championships. During the 1970s, the venue hosted the presidential elections and inaugurations of

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and

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. The venue hosted

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and

taekwondo Taekwondo (; ; ) is a Korean martial art and combat sport involving primarily kicking techniques and punching. "Taekwondo" can be translated as ''tae'' ("strike with foot"), ''kwon'' ("strike with hand"), and ''do'' ("the art or way"). In ad ...

events at the

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. After the 2012–2014 renovation, the capacity of the arena is 4,507.

Transport connections

Metro

The stadium is accessible from the

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. The closest station to the stadium is

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Exit 5, on Line 3, located 180 meters from the stadium.

Bus

The bus lines with a stop close to Jangchung Gymnasium: * 7212 – Eunpyeong Garage/Oksu-Dong * 6211 – Sinweol-Dong/Sangwangshimni Station * 2233 – Myeonmok-Dong/Oksu-Dong * 144 – Ui-Dong/Seoul National University of Education * 301 – Jangji Garage/Hyehwa-Dong

FIVB Volleyball World League

The arena was one of the venues at the

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and

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editions of the

FIVB Volleyball World League The FIVB Volleyball World League was an annual international men's volleyball competition. Created in 1990, it was the longest and richest of all the international events organized by the Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB). The wome ...

, and held the following matches:

2016 FIVB Volleyball World League

2017 FIVB Volleyball World League

References

External links

* * {{Olympic venues taekwondo Jung District, Seoul Venues of the 1988 Summer Olympics Olympic judo venues Olympic taekwondo venues Indoor arenas in South Korea Sports venues in Seoul Sports venues completed in 1963 1955 establishments in Korea