Hala Torbyd
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Hala Torbyd was an indoor arena in Bydgoszcz, Poland
. It was primarily used for basketball
and ice hockey
and was the home of Polonia Bydgoszcz of the Polish ice hockey league
. The arena held 10,000 spectators and opened in 1959. Eventually, the Łuczniczka was opened in 2002 to replace the Hala Torbyd.
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
. 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 ice hockey
Ice hockey
Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...
and was the home of Polonia Bydgoszcz of the Polish ice hockey league
Polska Liga Hokejowa
The Polish Hockey Superleague is the premier ice hockey league in Poland.-Teams 2010-11 season:*Aksam Unia Oswiecim*Akuna Naprzod Janow*Ciarko KH Sanok*Comarch Cracovia*GKS Tychy*JKH GKS Jastrzebie...
. The arena held 10,000 spectators and opened in 1959. Eventually, the Łuczniczka was opened in 2002 to replace the Hala Torbyd.