EWS Arena
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EWS Arena is an indoor sporting arena located in Göppingen
, Germany
. The capacity of the arena is 5,600 people. It hosts the home matches of women's and men's Handball Bundesliga
handball
teams of Frisch Auf Göppingen
. In its previous building, it hosted six team handball
matches for the 1972 Summer Olympics
in Munich
. It was opened in 1967 and rebuilt and enlarged between 2007 and 2009.
Göppingen
Göppingen is a town in southern Germany, part of the Stuttgart Region of Baden-Württemberg. It is the capital of the district Göppingen. It is situated at the bottom of the Hohenstaufen mountain, in the valley of the river Fils....
, 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...
. The capacity of the arena is 5,600 people. It hosts the home matches of women's and men's Handball Bundesliga
Bundesliga (handball)
The Handball-Bundesliga is the top German professional handball league. The league has been sponsored by Toyota since 2007 and therefore the league is called the Toyota Handball-Bundesliga...
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...
teams of Frisch Auf Göppingen
Frisch Auf Göppingen
Turn- und Polizeisportgemeinschaft Frisch Auf Göppingen e.V. is a sports club from Göppingen, Germany. The club's men's handball team plays under the name FRISCH AUF! Göppingen in TOYOTA Handball-Bundesliga...
. In its previous building, it hosted six team handball
Handball at the 1972 Summer Olympics
Handball at the 1972 Summer Olympics was the second appearance of the sport at the Olympics, returning to the Olympic program after a 36 year absence. It was contested by sixteen teams.The teams were split into four groups of four teams each...
matches for the 1972 Summer Olympics
1972 Summer Olympics
The 1972 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Munich, West Germany, from August 26 to September 11, 1972....
in Munich
Munich
Munich The city's motto is "" . Before 2006, it was "Weltstadt mit Herz" . Its native name, , is derived from the Old High German Munichen, meaning "by the monks' place". The city's name derives from the monks of the Benedictine order who founded the city; hence the monk depicted on the city's coat...
. It was opened in 1967 and rebuilt and enlarged between 2007 and 2009.