Dimitris Tofalos Arena

Dimitris Tofalos Arena

EAK Patras Dimitris Tofalos Arena
Dimitris Tofalos Indoor Hall
250px The interior of Dimitris Tofalos Arena.
Full name	National Athletic Center Dimitris Tofalos Arena
Location	Patras, Greece
Coordinates
Operator	General Secretariat of Sports
Capacity	Basketball: 4,200 (permanent upper-tier seats) 5,500 (with retractable lower-tier seats)
Surface	Parquet
Opened	1995

Dimitris Tofalos Arena (alternate spelling: Dimitrios Tofalos Arena) is an indoor sports arena that is located in the city of Patras, Greece. The arena is named after the great Greek wrestling champion of the early 20th century, and gold medalist at the 1906 Intercalated Games, Dimitrios Tofalos. The arena has a seating capacity for basketball games of 4,200 people, using only the upper-tier permanent seating, and a seating capacity of 5,500 people with retractable lower-tier seats in use.

The exterior of Dimitris Tofalos Arena.

History

Dimitris Tofalos Arena opened in 1995.

Events hosted

• Basketball:
  • 1995 FIBA Under-19 World Championship - preliminaries
  • 1996 Greek Cup Final Four
  • 2005 Greek All-Star Game
  • EuroBasket Women 2003
• Volleyball:
  • 1995 Men's European Volleyball Championship - preliminaries
  • Volleyball at the 1996 Summer Olympics qualification tournament
  • World League - numerous games
• Rhythmic Gymnastics
  • 1997 Rhythmic Gymnastics European Championships
• Wrestling
  • 2001 FILA Wrestling World Championships

Clubs hosted

The following clubs have used Dimitris Tofalos Arena as their home arena at one time or another:

• Apollon Patras, basketball
• Olympias Patras, basketball
• EA Patras, volleyball
• Ormi Patras, handball

External links

• Information about the arena @ Stadia.gr