| Peace and Friendship Stadium |
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| Capacity: 11,390 (for basketball) - 10,520 (for athletics) |
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Location:
The Peace and Friendship Stadium is located in Piraeus, on the Faliro
coastal zone (2 km to Piraeus centre, 10 km to Athens and 32 km to
the airport). Access by:
- Car. The arena is on the coastal Possidonos Avenue, just as you enter Piraeus. - Bus. All city-buses from Athens to Piraeus stop near the arena, either on the coastal avenue (get off at "Stathmos ISAP") or on Pireos Street ("Elais") - Metro. Use line 1 to "Faliro" station, right outside the arena. The easiest way to get there. - Tram. The terminus of tram lines 3 (from Voula) and 4 (from Athens) is "SEF", at the arena. |
| Built in: 1985 (Latest redevelopment in 2004) |
| Home of: Olympiacos B.C. (A1 Division) |
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data: The arena is known widely as "SEF", which are
the initials of its name in Greek (Stadio Erinis & Filias).
It is built right opposite Karaiskaki
Stadium, on the seafront (actually on reclaimed land). The arena
was designed by architects "Thymios Papagiannis and associates"
at a cost of € 25 million (1983 prices). In 1991 it received
the Golden Award by IAKS (International Working Group for the Construction
of Sports and Leisure Facilities). Besides basketball, its multi-purpose
main arena is also able to host athletics, gymnastics, volleyball,
handball, ice skating etc, and also concerts, conventions and exhibitions.
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It
has hosted a number of international events in various sports. Major
competitions included: Basketball - 1985 Clubs European
Championship Final, 1987
EuroBasket, 1989 Clubs European CupWinners' Cup Final, 1993
Clubs European Championship Final-Four, 1998
World Championship (preliminary phase games)
Volleyball - 1992 & 1993 Clubs European Championship Final-Four, 1994 World Championship, 1995 European Championship, 1996 & 2005 Clubs European CupWinners' Cup Final-Four Athletics - 1985 European Indoor Championship Wrestling - 1986 European Championship, 1988 World Cup, 1999 World Championship Gymnastics - 1990 European Artistic Championship, 1991 World Rhythmics Championship Weightlifting - 1999 World Championship Additionally, the arena has hosted 11 Greek Basketball Cup Finals (1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1999 and 2002) and also 3 Greek Basketball All-Star Games (1991, 1994 and 1995 - although the latter took place eariler in the season, on 22/12/1994). |
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The
Peace and Friendship Stadium was one of the venues of the 2004
Olympic Games, hosting all the preliminaries and finals of
the volleyball tournament. The arena remained closed
from April 2002 until early 2004, as its facilities were being upgraded.
The cost for these works (carried out by TERNA SA) was € 7.3
million.
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Following
below are some more photographs of the Peace and Friendship Stadium.
You may click on any of the thumbnails to see the relevant picture in full size. |
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The
Peace and Friendship Stadium from the south
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A
courtside view of the basketball arena
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Karaiskaki
Stadium lies next to the arena
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View
of the arena from the top of the upper tier
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| The Peace and Friendship Stadium (official website) is owned by the Greek State. |
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