Suwon Gymnasium is an indoor sporting arena located in

Suwon Suwon (; ) is the largest city and capital of Gyeonggi Province, South Korea's most populous province. The city lies approximately south of the national capital, Seoul. With a population of 1.2 million, Suwon has more inhabitants than Ulsan, tho ...

, South Korea. Built in 1984 to host

handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball, Olympic handball or indoor 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 thr ...

events at the

1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and officially branded as Seoul 1988 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October 1988 in Seoul, South Korea. 159 nations were represe ...

, the gymnasium has a capacity of 5,145 spectators. At the

2014 Asian Games The 2014 Asian Games (), officially known as the 17th Asian Games () and also known as Incheon 2014 (), were a pan-Asian multi-sport event held from 19 September to 4 October 2014 in Incheon, South Korea. On 17 April 2007, Incheon was awarded ...

, the gymnasium hosted

and

table tennis Table tennis (also known as ping-pong) is a racket sport derived from tennis but distinguished by its playing surface being atop a stationary table, rather than the Tennis court, court on which players stand. Either individually or in teams of ...

matches. In 2021, the KT Sonicboom men's basketball team relocated from

Busan Busan (), officially Busan Metropolitan City, is South Korea's second list of cities in South Korea by population, most populous city after Seoul, with a population of over 3.3 million as of 2024. Formerly romanized as Pusan, it is the economi ...

to Suwon. Today, Suwon Gymnasium is part of the Suwon Sports Complex.

Gallery

File:Suwon Gym.JPG, Exterior File:Suwon Gymnasium indoor.JPG, Interior File:V-league2012-13 KEPCOvsSamsung.JPG, Interior during the V-League match

References

Handball venues in South Korea Indoor arenas in South Korea Venues of the 1988 Summer Olympics Olympic handball venues Sports venues in Suwon Basketball venues in South Korea Volleyball venues in South Korea Sports venues completed in 1984 1984 establishments in South Korea Venues of the 1986 Asian Games Venues of the 2014 Asian Games Asian Games handball venues Asian Games table tennis venues {{Summer-Olympic-venue-stub