Morača Sports Center is a sport venue located in Podgorica

Podgorica

Podgorica , is the capital and largest city of Montenegro.Podgorica's favourable position at the confluence of the Ribnica and Morača rivers and the meeting point of the fertile Zeta Plain and Bjelopavlići Valley has encouraged settlement...

, Montenegro

Montenegro

Montenegro Montenegrin: Crna Gora Црна Гора , meaning "Black Mountain") is a country located in Southeastern Europe. It has a coast on the Adriatic Sea to the south-west and is bordered by Croatia to the west, Bosnia and Herzegovina to the northwest, Serbia to the northeast and Albania to the...

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The venue is located in the new part of Podgorica, on the right bank of Morača River, after which it got its name. Construction of this sports complex began in 1978, and various sport facilities are scattered across a five hectare

Hectare

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 area.

Facilities

Indoor facilities consist of:

• Large hall (capacity 4.300 seats in the stands and 700 court side seats)
• Training hall
• Combat sport
  Combat sport
  A Combat sport, also known as a Fighting sport, is a competitive contact sport where two combatants fight against each other using certain rules of engagement , typically with the aim of simulating parts of real hand to hand combat...
  
  s hall
• Swimming pool
  Swimming pool
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• Sauna
  Sauna
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• Table tennis
  Table tennis
  Table tennis, also known as ping-pong, is a sport in which two or four players hit a lightweight, hollow ball back and forth using table tennis rackets. The game takes place on a hard table divided by a net...
  
   hall
• Business facilities

Outdoor facilities:

• Three open air swimming pools
• Tennis
  Tennis
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   courts
• 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...
  
  , volleyball
  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.The complete rules are extensive...
  
   and handball
  Team handball
  Handball is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each pass a ball to throw it into the goal of the other team...
  
   courts.

Large hall serves as main indoor arena in Podgorica. It is best known as home of Budućnost basketball

KK Buducnost Podgorica

KK Budućnost Podgorica is a professional basketball club from Podgorica, Montenegro. It is a part of Budućnost Podgorica sport society. The team currently competes in First Montenegrin Opportunity League and regional Adriatic League...

, volleyball and handball

RK Buducnost Podgorica

RK Budućnost is a handball club from Podgorica, Montenegro, RK Budućnost finished first in season 2006/2007 of Montenegrin Second League of Men's Handball, and was directly promoted to Montenegrin First League of Men's Handball...

 teams.

It hosted six preliminary-round games of EuroBasket 2005

Eurobasket 2005

The EuroBasket 2005 was held in Serbia and Montenegro between 16 September and 25 September 2005. Greece won the gold medal by defeating Germany, while France won the bronze medal over Spain...

. For this occasion, the venue underwent major refurbishment to meet the standards imposed by FIBA.

With immense growth of popularity of water polo

Water polo

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 in Montenegro, two brand new open air swimming pools were added to the facility in 2009, which hosted 2009 FINA Water Polo World League

FINA Water Polo World League

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Besides being a sports venue, Morača Sports Center also hosts various concerts and happenings.

42°26′16"N 19°15′15"E