Polideportivo El Plantío
Encyclopedia
Polideportivo El Plantío is a multi-purpose sports arena
in Burgos
, Castile and León
, Spain
.
It is owned by the Burgos
City Hall. The arena serves as the home of several local sports teams: basketball
teams CB Atapuerca
, women's basketball team CB Ciudad de Burgos
and women's volleyball
team CV Diego Porcelos are the most important ones.
El Plantío has also rooms for practicing fencing
, boxing
and table tennis
.
The most important event at El Plantío was the U23 World Basketball Championship in July 1993.
Arena
An arena is an enclosed area, often circular or oval-shaped, designed to showcase theater, musical performances, or sporting events. It is composed of a large open space surrounded on most or all sides by tiered seating for spectators. The key feature of an arena is that the event space is the...
in Burgos
Burgos
Burgos is a city of northern Spain, historic capital of Castile. It is situated at the edge of the central plateau, with about 178,966 inhabitants in the city proper and another 20,000 in its suburbs. It is the capital of the province of Burgos, in the autonomous community of Castile and León...
, Castile and León
Castile and León
Castile and León is an autonomous community in north-western Spain. It was so constituted in 1983 and it comprises the historical regions of León and Old Castile...
, Spain
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
.
It is owned by the Burgos
Burgos
Burgos is a city of northern Spain, historic capital of Castile. It is situated at the edge of the central plateau, with about 178,966 inhabitants in the city proper and another 20,000 in its suburbs. It is the capital of the province of Burgos, in the autonomous community of Castile and León...
City Hall. The arena serves as the home of several local sports teams: 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...
teams CB Atapuerca
CB Atapuerca
Club Baloncesto Atapuerca, more commonly known as Ford Burgos by sponsorship reasons, is a professional basketball team based in Burgos, Castilla y León and plays in the Polideportivo El Plantío, in LEB Gold league.-History:...
, women's basketball team CB Ciudad de Burgos
CB Ciudad de Burgos
Club Baloncesto Ciudad de Burgos, also known as Jopisa Ciudad de Burgos by sponsorship reasons, is a women's professional Basketball team based in Burgos, Spain...
and women's volleyball
Volleyball
Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive...
team CV Diego Porcelos are the most important ones.
El Plantío has also rooms for practicing fencing
Fencing
Fencing, which is also known as modern fencing to distinguish it from historical fencing, is a family of combat sports using bladed weapons.Fencing is one of four sports which have been featured at every one of the modern Olympic Games...
, boxing
Boxing
Boxing, also called pugilism, is a combat sport in which two people fight each other using their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee over a series of between one to three minute intervals called rounds...
and table tennis
Table tennis
Table tennis, also known as ping-pong, is a sport in which two or four players hit a lightweight, hollow ball back and forth using table tennis rackets. The game takes place on a hard table divided by a net...
.
The most important event at El Plantío was the U23 World Basketball Championship in July 1993.