The Topsportcentrum is an indoor sports arena, located in
Almere
Almere () is a Planned community, planned List of cities in the Netherlands by province, city and List of municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality in the Provinces of the Netherlands, province of Flevoland, Netherlands across the IJmeer fro ...
,
Netherlands
, Terminology of the Low Countries, informally Holland, is a country in Northwestern Europe, with Caribbean Netherlands, overseas territories in the Caribbean. It is the largest of the four constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Nether ...
. Designed by architectural studio
ZJA, it opened on the 7th of October in 2007. Its operator is the city of Almere and its main hall has a capacity of 3,000 people. The sports it is used most for are
volleyball
Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Summ ...
and
basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (appro ...
, with VC Allvo and
Almere Pioneers using the venue as their home arena.
The hall was finished in 2007 and costed €14 million. From 2007 until 2013, the hall was used for the final of the
NBB Cup
The Basketball Cup, for sponsorship reasons the TOTO Basketball Cup and formerly the NBB Cup (), is an annual cup competition for Netherlands, Dutch basketball teams organised by the Basketball Nederland. Every team in the Netherlands can partici ...
, the main cup competition for men's basketball teams.
On 24 February 2020,
Basketball Nederland announced the
national basketball team will play its international home games in Almere until 2023.
Sporting events
* 2007: NBB Cup Final
* 2008: NBB Cup Final
* 2009: NBB Cup Final
* 2010:
NBB Cup
The Basketball Cup, for sponsorship reasons the TOTO Basketball Cup and formerly the NBB Cup (), is an annual cup competition for Netherlands, Dutch basketball teams organised by the Basketball Nederland. Every team in the Netherlands can partici ...
Final
* 2011:
NBB Cup
The Basketball Cup, for sponsorship reasons the TOTO Basketball Cup and formerly the NBB Cup (), is an annual cup competition for Netherlands, Dutch basketball teams organised by the Basketball Nederland. Every team in the Netherlands can partici ...
Final
* 2012:
NBB Cup
The Basketball Cup, for sponsorship reasons the TOTO Basketball Cup and formerly the NBB Cup (), is an annual cup competition for Netherlands, Dutch basketball teams organised by the Basketball Nederland. Every team in the Netherlands can partici ...
Final
* 2013:
NBB Cup
The Basketball Cup, for sponsorship reasons the TOTO Basketball Cup and formerly the NBB Cup (), is an annual cup competition for Netherlands, Dutch basketball teams organised by the Basketball Nederland. Every team in the Netherlands can partici ...
Final
* 2014: Superkombat World Grand Prix IV 2014
* 2021:
EuroHockey Indoor Club Cup
* 2024:
Wheel Gymnastics World Championships
References
External links
Homepage
{{Dutch Basketball League
Buildings and structures in Almere
Sport in Almere
Sports venues in Flevoland
Badminton venues
Badminton in the Netherlands
Basketball venues in the Netherlands