The Tondiraba Ice Hall (), also known as Tallinn Arena, is a multi-purpose indoor

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complex in

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. It was opened on 1 August 2014 and is owned by the City of Tallinn. It has a current capacity of 7,700 spectators. It can host among other things

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games,

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 ...

games,

curling Curling is a sport in which players slide #Curling stone, stones on a sheet of ice toward a target area that is segmented into four concentric circles. It is related to bowls, boules, and shuffleboard. Two teams, each with four players, take t ...

and concerts.

History

Tondiraba Ice Rink was opened in August 2014 as the first large building of the Tondiraba Sports Complex. It has a main arena, two practice rinks and a curling rink. The main arena can be used for sports including figure skating, ice hockey,

short track speed skating Short-track speed skating is a form of competitive ice skating, ice speed skating. In competitions, multiple skaters (typically between four and six) skate on an oval ice track with a length of . The rink itself is long by wide, which is the s ...

, volleyball, handball, gymnastics and also concerts. The ISU World Junior Figure Skating Championships 2015, held from 2 March to 8 March that year, claimed to be the first championship held in the complex. However, the

2015 World Junior Curling Championships The 2015 World Junior Curling Championships was held from February 28 to March 8 at the Tondiraba Ice Rink in Tallinn, Estonia Estonia, officially the Republic of Estonia, is a country in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the G ...

logically deserves this title as despite concluding on the same date, it began several days earlier on 28 February. One Finnish

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hockey match has been played in the Tondiraba Ice Hall between HPK and

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, on 27 January 2018. HPK won the game 3–4 after the shootout. In January 2020, two Liiga hockey games has played in the Tondiraba Ice Hall between

Ilves Tampereen Ilves, commonly known as Ilves, (; Finnish language, Finnish for "Eurasian lynx, Lynx") is a Finnish professional ice hockey team based in Tampere. They play in the Liiga at the Nokia Arena (Tampere), Nokia Arena. The colors of Ilves, ...

and

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. Which ended with a 4-1 victory for Ilves. Other match was

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and Pelicans. Lukko won the match 5-3. Tondiraba hosted the

2018 European Curling Championships The 2018 Le Gruyère AOP European Curling Championships were held from November 16 to 24 in Tallinn, Estonia. The C Division competitions were held in April in Copenhagen, Denmark. The top seven men's teams will qualify for the 2019 World Men's C ...

from 16–24 November and

2022 European Figure Skating Championships The 2022 European Figure Skating Championships were held from 10 to 16 January 2022 at the Tondiraba Ice Hall in Tallinn, Estonia. Medals were awarded in men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ice dance. The competition determined ...

from 10-16 January. The 2023 FIBA Olympic Pre-Qualifying Tournament Group A was organized in there. The arena played host to the

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in 2019 Division IB tournament and 2025 Division IB tournament. The arena played host to the

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for their Division IIA tournament in

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, and the Division IB tournament in

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.Division I B statistics
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