Pavelló Girona-Fontajau Explained

Fullname:Pavelló Girona-Fontajau
Opened:4 September 1993
Owner:Town Hall of Girona
Surface:Parquet Floor
Capacity:5,500
Record Attendance:7,450
(Valvi Girona v Breogán; 30 April 1995)[1]
Tenants:CB Sant Josep (1993–2013)
Uni Girona CB
Bàsquet Girona

Pavelló Girona-Fontajau is an indoor arena in Girona, Catalonia, northern Spain, that holds 5,500 people. It is primarily used for basketball and is the home arena of Uni Girona CB and Bàsquet Girona.

The building was designed in 1993 by the architects Esteve Bonell and Josep M. Gil and was opened on September 4, 1993. It is structured in two levels, one for the public (the high level) and another, of which use is restricted to the sportsmen (the low level), with differentiated entries.

Apart from basketball, it is used also for other sports like Indoor motorcycle trials[2] and tennis matches.

Notable events

Fontajau hosted the matches of three groups of the EuroBasket 1997 and the 2007 FIBA EuroCup Final Four, that local club Akasvayu Girona won.

In 2017, it hosted the Copa de la Reina de Baloncesto.[3]

Attendances

This is a list of league attendances of CB Girona when it played in the Liga ACB.

Seasonwidth=65width=55width=55width=55
101,839 7,450 3,000 4,629
94,652 6,082 4,071 4,982
75,352 6,515 2,432 4,432
80,008 5,899 4,133 4,706
81,765 5,930 2,840 4,543
72,543 3,033 4,988 4,267
70,459 5,013 2,438 4,145
74,169 4,989 3,759 4,363
65,273 5,369 2,890 3,840
75,331 5,981 3,155 4,431
77,263 5,942 3,234 4,545
94,934 5,972 4,123 4,997
86,039 5,227 3,825 4,528
75,303 5,220 2,824 4,184

External links

41.9906°N 2.8106°W

Notes and References

  1. http://www.acb.com/fichas/LACB39403.php Valvi Girona 77–67 Breogán Lugo
  2. http://www.trialgirona.cat/ Trial Girona
  3. Web site: La Copa de la Reina 2017 se pone de largo en Girona. FEB.es. es. 6 February 2017. 30 December 2017.