Europahalle is an indoor sporting arena located in Karlsruhe

Karlsruhe

The City of Karlsruhe is a city in the southwest of Germany, in the state of Baden-Württemberg, located near the French-German border.Karlsruhe was founded in 1715 as Karlsruhe Palace, when Germany was a series of principalities and city states...

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The capacity of the arena is 9,000 people.

The venue has featured a number of world record performances in athletics, including a jump of 2.07 m in the high jump

High jump

The high jump is a track and field athletics event in which competitors must jump over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without the aid of certain devices in its modern most practiced format; auxiliary weights and mounds have been used for assistance; rules have changed over the years....

 by Heike Henkel

Heike Henkel

Heike Henkel is a German former athlete competing in high jump...

 in 1992, when the Europahalle hosted the German Indoor Championships. This mark remained unbettered indoors for fourteen years and remains one of the best ever performances in the discipline.

Events

Sports

• European Juggling Convention
  European Juggling Convention
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   August 2–10 2008
• EuroBasket 1985
  EuroBasket 1985
  -Venues:-Group A - Karlsruhe :-Group A - Leverkusen :-Places 9 - 12 in Stuttgart:-1/4 finals :-Places 5 - 8 in Stuttgart:-Places 1 - 4 in Stuttgart:-Finals in Stuttgart:-Final rankings:# # # # # # # # # # # #...
  
  
• EuroBasket 1993
  EuroBasket 1993
  -Venues:-First round:-A - Karlsruhe:-B - Berlin:-C - Karlsruhe:-D - Berlin:-Second round:-E - Karlsruhe:-F - Berlin:-Finals in Munich:-Places 5-8 in Munich:-Finals in Munich:-Final rankings:# # #...
  
  
• All-Star Days 1990-1995 of the Basketball Bundesliga
  Basketball Bundesliga
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• EuroBasket Women 1998
• Games of the Harlem Globetrotters
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• Games of the Germany national basketball team
  Germany national basketball team
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• Games of the Germany national handball team
  Germany national handball team
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• Home to the BG Karlsruhe
  BG Karlsruhe
  BG Karlsruhe is a basketball club based in Karlsruhe, Germany that plays in the 2nd Basketball Bundesliga-Pro A. Their home arena is Europahalle.It plays in the 2nd German basketball league ....
  
   basketball
  Basketball
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