List of indoor arenas in Africa
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This is a list of indoor arenas in Africa
Country Location Arena Date built Capacity Tenant/use
Algeria
Algeria
Algeria , officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria , also formally referred to as the Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb region of Northwest Africa with Algiers as its capital.In terms of land area, it is the largest country in Africa and the Arab...

Algiers
Algiers
' is the capital and largest city of Algeria. According to the 1998 census, the population of the city proper was 1,519,570 and that of the urban agglomeration was 2,135,630. In 2009, the population was about 3,500,000...

Salle de Sports de Algiers
Salle de Sports de Algiers
Salle de Sports de Algiers is an indoor sporting arena located in Algiers, Algeria. The capacity of the arena is 6,000 spectators. It hosts indoor sporting events such as basketball and hosts the home matches of MC Alger. It also hosted the FIBA Africa Championship 1995 and FIBA Africa...

5,000
Angola
Angola
Angola, officially the Republic of Angola , is a country in south-central Africa bordered by Namibia on the south, the Democratic Republic of the Congo on the north, and Zambia on the east; its west coast is on the Atlantic Ocean with Luanda as its capital city...

Luanda
Luanda
Luanda, formerly named São Paulo da Assunção de Loanda, is the capital and largest city of Angola. Located on Angola's coast with the Atlantic Ocean, Luanda is both Angola's chief seaport and its administrative center. It has a population of at least 5 million...

Pavilhão da Cidadela
Pavilhão da Cidadela
Pavilhão da Cidadela is an indoor sporting arena located in Luanda, Angola. The capacity of the arena is 6,873 people. It is used to host the Atlético Petróleos Luanda and the home matches of the Angola national basketball team....

6,873
Benguela
Benguela
Benguela is a city in western Angola, south of Luanda, and capital of Benguela Province. It lies on a bay of the same name, in 12° 33’ S., 13° 25’ E...

Pavilhão Acácias Rubras
Pavilhão Acácias Rubras
Pavilhão Acácias Rubras is an indoor sporting arena located in Benguela, Angola. The capacity of the arena is 2,100 people....

2,100
Cameroun
Cameroun
Cameroun was a French and British mandate territory in central Africa, now constituting the majority of the territory of the Republic of Cameroon....

Yaoundé
Yaoundé
-Transportation:Yaoundé Nsimalen International Airport is a major civilian hub, while nearby Yaoundé Airport is used by the military. Railway lines run west to the port city of Douala and north to N'Gaoundéré. Many bus companies operate from the city; particularly in the Nsam and Mvan neighborhoods...

Palais des Sports de Warda
Palais des Sports de Warda
Palais des Sports de Warda is an indoor sporting arena located in Yaoundé, Cameroun. The capacity of the arena is 5,263 people. It is used to host indoor sports such as basketball.-External links:*...

2008 5,263
Côte d'Ivoire
Côte d'Ivoire
The Republic of Côte d'Ivoire or Ivory Coast is a country in West Africa. It has an area of , and borders the countries Liberia, Guinea, Mali, Burkina Faso and Ghana; its southern boundary is along the Gulf of Guinea. The country's population was 15,366,672 in 1998 and was estimated to be...

Abidjan
Abidjan
Abidjan is the economic and former official capital of Côte d'Ivoire, while the current capital is Yamoussoukro. it was the largest city in the nation and the third-largest French-speaking city in the world, after Paris, and Kinshasa but before Montreal...

Palais des Sports de Treichville
Palais des Sports de Treichville
Palais des Sports de Treichville is an indoor sporting arena located in Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire. The capacity of the arena is 7,000 people.-External links:*...

7,000
Egypt
Egypt
Egypt , officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, Arabic: , is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Southwest Asia. Egypt is thus a transcontinental country, and a major power in Africa, the Mediterranean Basin, the Middle East and the Muslim world...

Cairo
Cairo
Cairo , is the capital of Egypt and the largest city in the Arab world and Africa, and the 16th largest metropolitan area in the world. Nicknamed "The City of a Thousand Minarets" for its preponderance of Islamic architecture, Cairo has long been a centre of the region's political and cultural life...

The Covered Hall
The Covered Hall
Cairo Stadium Indoor Halls Complex consists of 4 Olympic-standard, multi-use indoor sporting arenas located near the Cairo International Stadium in Cairo, Egypt. The capacity of the main arena is 20,000 spectators....

1991 20,000
Libya
Libya
Libya is an African country in the Maghreb region of North Africa bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to the east, Sudan to the southeast, Chad and Niger to the south, and Algeria and Tunisia to the west....

Benghazi
Benghazi
Benghazi is the second largest city in Libya, the main city of the Cyrenaica region , and the former provisional capital of the National Transitional Council. The wider metropolitan area is also a district of Libya...

Suliman Ad-Dharrath Arena
Suliman Ad-Dharrath Arena
Suliman Ad-Dharrath Arena is an indoor sporting arena located in Benghazi, Libya. It is used mainly for indoor sports such as volleyball and basketball. It has a seating capacity of 10,000 people and was opened in 1967....

10,000
Mali
Mali
Mali , officially the Republic of Mali , is a landlocked country in Western Africa. Mali borders Algeria on the north, Niger on the east, Burkina Faso and the Côte d'Ivoire on the south, Guinea on the south-west, and Senegal and Mauritania on the west. Its size is just over 1,240,000 km² with...

Bamako
Bamako
Bamako is the capital of Mali and its largest city with a population of 1.8 million . Currently, it is estimated to be the fastest growing city in Africa and sixth fastest in the world...

Pavillon des sports Modibo Keita
Pavillon des sports Modibo Keita
Pavillon des sports Modibo Keita is an indoor sporting arena located in Bamako, Mali.The stadium hosted the finals of the 2009 Mali Handball Cup on August 11th, 2009. The event was attended by Amadou Toumani Touré, President of the Republic of Mali....

3,000
Morocco
Morocco
Morocco , officially the Kingdom of Morocco , is a country located in North Africa. It has a population of more than 32 million and an area of 710,850 km², and also primarily administers the disputed region of the Western Sahara...

Casablanca
Casablanca
Casablanca is a city in western Morocco, located on the Atlantic Ocean. It is the capital of the Grand Casablanca region.Casablanca is Morocco's largest city as well as its chief port. It is also the biggest city in the Maghreb. The 2004 census recorded a population of 2,949,805 in the prefecture...

Salle Mohammed V 1981 12,000
Rabat
Rabat
Rabat , is the capital and third largest city of the Kingdom of Morocco with a population of approximately 650,000...

Salle Moulay Abdellah
Salle Moulay Abdellah
Salle Moulay Abdellah is an indoor sporting arena located in Rabat, Morocco. The capacity of the arena is 10,000 people. The arena is used to host indoor sporting events, such as basketball and volleyball.-External links:*...

1983 10,000
Salle Ibn Yassine
Salle Ibn Yassine
Salle Ibn Yassine is an indoor sporting arena located in Rabat, Morocco. The capacity of the arena is 5,000 people....

5,000
Fez
Fes, Morocco
Fes or Fez is the second largest city of Morocco, after Casablanca, with a population of approximately 1 million . It is the capital of the Fès-Boulemane region....

Salle 11th November
Salle 11th November
Salle 11th November is an indoor sporting arena located in Fes, Morocco. The capacity of the arena is 3,000 people....

4,000
Agadir
Agadir
Agadir is a major city in southwest Morocco, capital of the Agadir province and the Sous-Massa-Draa economic region .-Etymology:...

Salle Al Inbiâate 4,000
Nigeria
Nigeria
Nigeria , officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a federal constitutional republic comprising 36 states and its Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The country is located in West Africa and shares land borders with the Republic of Benin in the west, Chad and Cameroon in the east, and Niger in...

Abuja
Abuja
Abuja is the capital city of Nigeria. It is located in the centre of Nigeria, within the Federal Capital Territory . Abuja is a planned city, and was built mainly in the 1980s. It officially became Nigeria's capital on 12 December 1991, replacing Lagos...

Abuja Sports Hall 3,000
South Africa Cape Town
Cape Town
Cape Town is the second-most populous city in South Africa, and the provincial capital and primate city of the Western Cape. As the seat of the National Parliament, it is also the legislative capital of the country. It forms part of the City of Cape Town metropolitan municipality...

Bellville Velodrome
Bellville Velodrome
The Bellville Velodrome is a 250 meter, multi-purpose indoor velodrome located in Bellville , South Africa. The velodrome was initially developed for the South African Olympic Bid, this venue hosted the World Cycling Federation Championships in 1999...

6,000
Johannesburg
Johannesburg
Johannesburg also known as Jozi, Jo'burg or Egoli, is the largest city in South Africa, by population. Johannesburg is the provincial capital of Gauteng, the wealthiest province in South Africa, having the largest economy of any metropolitan region in Sub-Saharan Africa...

Coca-Cola Dome 1997 18,000
Standard Bank Arena
Standard Bank Arena
Standard Bank Arena is an indoor sporting arena located in Johannesburg, South Africa. The capacity of the arena is 5,000 people.A large number of sports events and concerts have occurred in this arena.- External links :*...

5,000
Durban
Durban
Durban is the largest city in the South African province of KwaZulu-Natal and the third largest city in South Africa. It forms part of the eThekwini metropolitan municipality. Durban is famous for being the busiest port in South Africa. It is also seen as one of the major centres of tourism...

ICC Durban Arena 2007 10,000
Tunisia
Tunisia
Tunisia , officially the Tunisian RepublicThe long name of Tunisia in other languages used in the country is: , is the northernmost country in Africa. It is a Maghreb country and is bordered by Algeria to the west, Libya to the southeast, and the Mediterranean Sea to the north and east. Its area...

Radès
Radès
Radès is a harbour city in Ben Arous Governorate, Tunisia. Situated 9 kilometres south-east of the capital Tunis, some consider it a Tunis suburb, and parts of the harbour installations of Tunis are located in Radès....

Salle Omnisport de Rades
Salle Omnisport de Rades
The arena of Rades is an indoor sporting arena located in Radès, Tunisia. The capacity of the arena is 14,000 spectators.-Events:It hosts indoor sporting events such as basketball, handball and volleyball, and also hosts concerts. It hosted some matches, including the final, of the 2005 World...

2004 12,000
Tunis
Tunis
Tunis is the capital of both the Tunisian Republic and the Tunis Governorate. It is Tunisia's largest city, with a population of 728,453 as of 2004; the greater metropolitan area holds some 2,412,500 inhabitants....

Salle El Menzah 1967 5,000

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