Viborg Stadionhal
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Viborg Stadionhal is an indoor sports arena in Viborg
Viborg, Denmark
Viborg , a town in central Jutland, Denmark, is the seat of both Viborg municipality and Region Midtjylland. Viborg is also the seat of the Western High Court, the High Court for the Jutland peninsula...

, Denmark
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...

 primarily used for 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...

. The arena can hold a maximum of 3000 spectators with 1.883 seats, and is home to Danish Handball League
Danish Handball League
The Danish Handball League, officially known as Jack & Jones Ligaen due to sponsorship reasons, is the men's top Danish professional handball league. The winners of the Danish Handball League are recognised as the Danish handball champions...

 side Viborg HK
Viborg HK
Viborg HK is the name of a Danish handball club from Viborg. The club has many teams for both women and men, but especially the professional women's team is one of the most successful in Danish and European handball since the beginning of the 1990s...

. Viborg HK's women's team also play their TOMS Ligaen matches in the arena.

The biggest attendance was in 2007, when Viborg HK played against Slagelse DT in the second match for the Danish Championship. 3000 Spectators attended the final.

The second biggest attendance was in december 2003, when the men's team from Viborg HK played against Thy Mors. 2800 spectators attended the match, which was a match, fighting for 1st. place in the second best men's handball league. (The winner would advance to the best league) It is currently the second biggest attendance for a 1. division handball match in Denmark. The record is held by HC Midtjylland who had an attendance of 3742 spectators during a match against Lemvig
Lemvig
Lemvig is a municipality in Region Midtjylland on the west coast of the Jutland peninsula in west Denmark. The municipality covers an area of 510 km², and has a population of 22,067 . Its mayor is Erik Flyvholm, a member of the Venstre political party.The main town and the site of its municipal...


External links

Viborg Stadionhal * http://www.vhk.dk/Klubben/Viborg-Stadionhal.aspx
Spectators record * http://www.dr.dk/Regioner/Vest/Nyheder/Sport/2009/02/25/135042.htm?rss=true
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