Arenas

Competition will be hosted in two venues - Arena Riga and Olympic Sports Centre. The distance between arenas is 100 metres.

Arena Riga

The main competition arena

Opened: 2006

Capacity: 10 300

Address: Skanstes 21, Riga (Map)

Arena Riga is primarily used for ice hockey, basketball and concerts. It was built to be used as the main venue for the 2006 IIHF World Championship. It has been home of the Kontinental Hockey League club Dinamo Riga since 2008. The arena hosted the ´D´ group of FIBA Eurobasket 2015.

Olympic Sports Centre Elektrum

The second competition arena, practice arena

Opened: 2005

Capacity: 800

Address: Grostonas 6b, Riga (Map)

The Olympic Sports Centre is a multi-functional sports facility which covers the area of approximately 24 000 square meters. It has all the equipment and prepared halls for football, basketball, volleyball, floorball, athletics, swimming, gymnastics, aerobic training and competitions.