GPYW Indoor Stadium
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GPYW Indoor Stadium is an indoor sporting arena located in Riyadh
, Saudi Arabia
. The capacity of the arena is 5,000 spectators. It hosts indoor sporting events such as basketball
and hosts the home matches of Al-Hilal
. It also hosted the Asian Basketball Confederation Championship 1997
championship.
Riyadh
Riyadh is the capital and largest city of Saudi Arabia. It is also the capital of Riyadh Province, and belongs to the historical regions of Najd and Al-Yamama. It is situated in the center of the Arabian Peninsula on a large plateau, and is home to 5,254,560 people, and the urban center of a...
, Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia , commonly known in British English as Saudi Arabia and in Arabic as as-Sa‘ūdiyyah , is the largest state in Western Asia by land area, constituting the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula, and the second-largest in the Arab World...
. The capacity of the arena is 5,000 spectators. It hosts indoor sporting events such as basketball
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
and hosts the home matches of Al-Hilal
Al-Hilal
Al-Hilal Saudi Football Club , also known simply as Al-Hilal, is a Saudi Arabian sports club based in the country's capital of Riyadh and best known for its professional football team, known as Al-Hilal Saudi Football Club...
. It also hosted the Asian Basketball Confederation Championship 1997
Asian Basketball Confederation Championship 1997
The 1997 Men's Asian Basketball Confederation Championship was held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.-Qualification:According to the FIBA Asia rules, each zone had two places, and the hosts and the best 5 teams of the previous Asian Championship were automatically qualified.-Group A:-Group B:-Group...
championship.