Sporthalle (Cologne)
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Sporthalle was an indoor arena in Cologne
, Germany
. It was primarily used for basketball
and other indoor sporting events until it closed due to the larger Lanxess Arena opening. The arena held 8,000 spectators and opened in 1958. While it was opened it hosted the 1982 European Champions Cup
final and was the regular home venue for BSC Saturn Köln basketball team.
Cologne
Cologne is Germany's fourth-largest city , and is the largest city both in the Germany Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia and within the Rhine-Ruhr Metropolitan Area, one of the major European metropolitan areas with more than ten million inhabitants.Cologne is located on both sides of the...
, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
. It was primarily used for 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 other indoor sporting events until it closed due to the larger Lanxess Arena opening. The arena held 8,000 spectators and opened in 1958. While it was opened it hosted the 1982 European Champions Cup
Suproleague
FIBA SuproLeague was the FIBA professional club basketball Champions' Cup for the 2000-01 season. Up until that season, there was one cup, the FIBA European Champions' Cup , though in this season of 2000-01, the leading European teams split into two competitions: the FIBA SuproLeague and the ULEB's...
final and was the regular home venue for BSC Saturn Köln basketball team.