Eulachhalle
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Eulachhalle is an arena
Arena
An arena is an enclosed area, often circular or oval-shaped, designed to showcase theater, musical performances, or sporting events. It is composed of a large open space surrounded on most or all sides by tiered seating for spectators. The key feature of an arena is that the event space is the...

 in Winterthur
Winterthur
Winterthur is a city in the canton of Zurich in northern Switzerland. It has the country's sixth largest population with an estimate of more than 100,000 people. In the local dialect and by its inhabitants, it is usually abbreviated to Winti...

, Switzerland
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....

. It is primarily used for team 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 is the home arena of Pfadi Winterthur
Pfadi Winterthur
Pfadi Winterthur is a team handball club from Switzerland. Currently, Pfadi Winterthur competes in the Swiss First League of Handball.The club developed out of an informal handball team which won the competitions during the national jamboree of the Schweizer Pfadfinderbund in 1938...

 and Yellow Winterthur. Eulachhalle holds 2,300 people.

In 2008, the arena was the host of the finals of the men's
2008 Men's EuroFloorball Cup Finals
The 2008 Men's EuroFloorball Cup Finals are taking place in Winterthur, Switzerland from 8 to 12 October 2008.The 2008 EuroFloorball Cup marks the second year in which the new name for the tournament was used...

 and women's
2008 Women's EuroFloorball Cup Finals
The 2008 Women's EuroFloorball Cup Finals took place in Winterthur, Switzerland from 8 to 12 October 2008.The 2008 EuroFloorball Cup marks the second year in which the new name for the tournament was used...

 EuroFloorball Cup final rounds. The Arena has also twice been the host of the UCI Indoor Cycling World Championships
UCI Indoor Cycling World Championships
The UCI Indoor Cycling World Championships are the set of world championship events for the disciplines and distances in Artistic cycling and a tournament of cycle ball. The World Championships are regulated by the Union Cycliste Internationale.-Men:-Women:...

, in 1997 and 2007
2007 UCI Indoor Cycling World Championships
The 2007 UCI Indoor Cycling World Championships took place in Winterthur in switzerland from the 9 to 11 November and crowned world champions in the cycling disciplines of cycle ball and artistic cycling...

. At the 2007 world championsships there was a record number of 3,280 spectators in the arena.

The Eulachhalle also holds regular trade fair
Trade fair
A trade fair is an exhibition organized so that companies in a specific industry can showcase and demonstrate their latest products, service, study activities of rivals and examine recent market trends and opportunities...

s and concert
Concert
A concert is a live performance before an audience. The performance may be by a single musician, sometimes then called a recital, or by a musical ensemble, such as an orchestra, a choir, or a musical band...

s.

External links

  • http://www.eulachhallen.ch
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