National Gymnastics Arena

Sporting venue

National Gymnastics Arena

Location| Baku, Azerbaijan
Coordinates| 40°25′09″N 49°55′00″E﻿ / ﻿40.41923°N 49.916605°E﻿ / 40.41923; 49.916605
Owner| Mayoralty of Baku
Capacity| 5,000–10,000
Construction
Broke ground| August 2009
Built| 2009–2014
Opened| April 2014
Architect| Broadway Malyan, sport specialist BDP Pattern
Project manager| Phil Benson
Main contractors| PASHA Construction (PASHA Holding), sport specialist BDP Pattern
Website
www.mga.az

The National Gymnastics Arena is an indoor arena in Baku, Azerbaijan. The venue is mainly used for gymnastics.

## Overview

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National Gymnastics Arena in Baku, Azerbaijan was designed by Broadway Malyan and sport specialist BDP Pattern.[1] PASHA Construction (PASHA Holding) appointed Broadway Malyan and sport specialist BDP Pattern to develop the arena from start to finish after winning a competition to design the scheme in 2011.[2] The construction of the NGA started in August 2009,[3] and was inaugurated in April 2014.[4] The arena has capacity of 5,000–9,000 seats depending on the event conducting.[5]

### Airdome

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The NGA has an additional training hall - Airdome, which was constructed in the south part of the arena on an area of 6000 m2. The dome is kept inflated by ventilators creating internal pressure.[6]

## Events

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The arena hosted several events of different types of sports as following:[7][8]

Event  | Date

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21st Rhythmic Gymnastics Azerbaijan Championship  | April 2014
30th Rhythmic Gymnastics European Championships | June 2014
1st WTF World Cadet Taekwondo Championships  | July 2014
Joint Gymnastics Tournament in 5 disciplines  | August 2014
21st Azerbaijan and Baku Championships on men's artistic gymnastics  | December 2014
Azerbaijan's and Baku Championship on rhythmic gymnastics, also the first ever Regions' Cup  | December 2014
2015 NN Table Tennis ITTF - Europe Top 16 Cup  | February 2015
Open Joint Azerbaijan Championships in Gymnastics Disciplines  | March 2015
1st European Games | June 2015
FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Challenge Cup AGF Trophy  | February 2016
FIG World Cup in Trampoline Gymnastics  | March 2016
Azerbaijan and Baku Championship among age categories in Artistic Gymnastics  | May 2016
FIG World Cup Final in Rhythmic Gymnastics | July 2016
23rd Baku Championship in Acrobatic Gymnastics [9] | November 2016
14th Azerbaijan and Baku Championship among Age Categories in Trampoline Gymnastics and Tumbling
FIG World Cup in Trampoline Gymnastics and Tumbling  | February 2017
FIG Artistic Gymnastics Individual Apparatus World Cup  | March 2017
FIG Rhythmic Gymnastics World Cup Series | April 2017
4th Islamic Solidarity Games | May 2017
24th Baku Championship and Azerbaijan Championship among Age Categories in Men's and Women's Artistic Gymnastics  | June 2017
24th Azerbaijan Championship among Age Categories in Acrobatic Gymnastics
Azerbaijan and Baku Trampoline Gymnastics and Tumbling Championships among Age Categories  | November 2017
Open Azerbaijan and Baku Aerobic Gymnastics Championships among Age Categories
Rhythmic Gymnastics Baku Championships among Age Categories
2018 World Judo Championships | September 2018
2019 Rhythmic Gymnastics European Championships[10] | May 2019
26th Azerbaijan and Baku Championships among age categories [11] | June 2019
2019 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival (Artistic gymnastics)  | July 2019[12]
FIG Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships  | September 2019[13]
2021 Trampoline Gymnastics World Championships | November 2021
2022 Acrobatic Gymnastics World Championships | March 2022

## See also

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* Azerbaijan Gymnastics Federation
* Gymnastics in Azerbaijan

## References

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1. ^ "National Gymnastics Arena - Pattern".
2. ^ "National Gymnastics Arena in Azerbaijan completed". www.stadia-magazine.com. Retrieved 14 February 2018.
3. ^ "AGF — History 2009 August". agf.az. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
4. ^ "AGF — History 2014 April". agf.az. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
5. ^ "About NGA". www.mga.az. Archived from the original on 8 March 2016. Retrieved 14 February 2018.
6. ^ "National Gymnastic Arena". www.mga.az. Archived from the original on 15 February 2018. Retrieved 14 February 2018.
7. ^ "National Gymnastic Arena - Events". www.mga.az. Archived from the original on 23 May 2017. Retrieved 14 February 2018.
8. ^ "Baku 2015 European Games - Venues - National Gymnastics Arena". Baku 2015. Archived from the original on 24 January 2019. Retrieved 14 February 2018.
9. ^ "The 23rd Azerbaijan and Open Baku Women's and Men's Artistic Gymnastics Championship among Age Categories and The 23rd Azerbaijan Acrobatic Gymnastics Championship". AGF — Azerbaijan Gymnastics Federation. Retrieved 2019-06-12.
10. ^ "UEG Gymnastics". www.ueg.org. Archived from the original on 2019-05-02. Retrieved 2019-06-12.
11. ^ "The 26th Azerbaijan and Baku Championships among age categories in Acrobatic Gymnastics / The 26th Azerbaijan and Baku Championships among age categories in Artistic Gymnastics". AGF — Azerbaijan Gymnastics Federation. Retrieved 2019-06-12.
12. ^ "Competition Venues". eyofbaku2019.com. Archived from the original on July 22, 2019. Retrieved 2019-09-20.
13. ^ "FIG Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships". agf.az. Retrieved 2019-09-20.

## External links

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Media related to National Gymnastics Arena at Wikimedia Commons

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