Sala Sporturilor Horia Demian
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Cluj-Napoca
Cluj-Napoca , commonly known as Cluj, is the fourth most populous city in Romania and the seat of Cluj County in the northwestern part of the country. Geographically, it is roughly equidistant from Bucharest , Budapest and Belgrade...
, Romania
Romania
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...
. It is used as home ground of the both men's and women's 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...
and 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...
teams of CS Universitatea Cluj-Napoca
CS Universitatea Cluj-Napoca
CS Universitatea Cluj-Napoca is a Romanian sports society from Cluj-Napoca, Romania. Founded in September 1919 by the "Sports Society of University Students" . Its first chairman was Prof...
.
The arena is named in honour of Horia Demian
Horia Demian
Horia Demian was a Romanian basketball player who played for U Cluj from 1960 until 1970...
, a local basketball player. It hosted the MTV Romania Music Awards
MTV Romania Music Awards
The MTV Romania Music Awards have been held since 2002 celebrating Romanian music. Recipients of the awards have been Eurovision contestants and some have gone on to represent Romania in the competition. The awards are usually held in June. Since 2008 the show was cancelled...
in 2006.