Mustafa Dağıstanlı Sports Hall

Mustafa Dağıstanlı Sports Hall (Turkish: Mustafa Dağıstanlı Spor Salonu) is a multi-purpose indoor sport venue located in İlkadım district of Samsun Province, northern Turkey. It was named in honor of Mustafa Dağıstanlı (born 1931), a local sport wrestler, who became twice Olympic and three times world champion in freestyle.

Mustafa Dağıstanlı Sports Hall
Mustafa Dağıstanlı Spor Salonu
Mustafa Dağıstanlı Sports Hall
Mustafa Dağıstanlı Sports Hall
Location of the sports hall in Turkey.
AddressHançerli Mah., Atatürk Boulevard. 17, İlkadım
Locationİlkadım, Samsun, Turkey
Coordinates41°19′27″N 36°18′53″E
Capacity2,000
Construction
Broke groundDecember 17, 2011
OpenedJune 2, 2013 (2013-06-02)
Tenants

The sports hall is situated in Hançerli Mah., Atatürk Boulevard. 17, İlkadım. The groundbreaking of the building took place on December 17, 2011. It was opened in presence of Minister of Youth and Sports Suat Kılıç on June 2, 2013. It is situated on Adnan Menderes Boulevard next to Ondokuz Mayıs University's İlkadım Campus.[1] The sports hall hosts a great variety of sports in addition to badminton, basketball,[2] fencing and volleyball competitions,[3] like boxing, judo, karate, taekwondo,[4] kickboxing, wrestling, weightlifting, table tennis, chess and shooting.[5] The venue has a seating capacity for 2,000 spectators, including 100 for VIP, 100 for media members, 100 for accredited sportspeople and 80 for physically handicapped people.[6]

International events hosted

In 2016, the European Boxing Olympic Qualification Tournament and FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship were held in the sports hall. The venue will host volleyball events of the 2017 Summer Deaflympics.[6]

References
  1. "Samsun Mustafa Dağıstanlı Spor Salonu". Samsun Yaşam (in Turkish). 2013-06-04. Retrieved 2017-07-06.
  2. "Okulsporları Gençler Basketbol Türkiye Şampiyonası Sona Erdi" (in Turkish). Türkiye Okul Sporları federasyonu. Retrieved 2017-07-06.
  3. Öner, Köksal (2015-10-14). "Voleybol Cumhuriyet Kupası Başladı". Şok Haber (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 2019-09-26. Retrieved 2017-07-06.
  4. "Taekwondoda 11 Madalya". Terme Bilgi Gazetesi (in Turkish). 2017-03-07. Retrieved 2017-07-06.
  5. "İilkadım Mustafa Dağıstanlı Spor Saonu" (in Turkish). Spor Sosyal. Retrieved 2017-07-06.
  6. "Mustafa Dağıstanlı Sports Hall". 2017 Samsun Deaflympics. Retrieved 2017-07-06.
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