Danube Arena

The Danube Arena^[1] (in Hungarian: Duna Aréna, unofficially Dagály Budapest Aquatics Complex) is an aquatics complex located in Budapest, Hungary. It was designed by Marcell Ferenc and built between 2015 and 2017.

Danube Arena (Duna Aréna)

Dagály Budapest Aquatics Complex
Location	Budapest, Hungary
Coordinates	47°32′27″N 19°3′44″E
Capacity	5,000 (permanent) and 8,000 (temporary) (13,000 total)
Construction
Broke ground	May 2015
Built	February 2017
Architect	Marcell Ferenc

Design and construction

Danube Arena, 2017

Originally, the arena was intended to be the home of the World Aquatics Championships in 2021, but after the original host venue for the 2017 Championships in Guadalajara withdrew in February 2015, Budapest, including the Danube Arena, was announced as the host for the 2017 Championships instead.^[2] Following the decision to move Budapest's hosting duties four years earlier, the building was re-designed, partially due to the originally-planned building being too small to be a potential venue for the 2024 Summer Olympics and also because of the advanced deadline.

Technical features

The facility has two Olympic-size swimming pools, a diving pool and a short course training pool.

In terms of seating capacity, there are 5,000 permanent seats plus an additional 8,000 temporary seats, which were used for the 2017 World Aquatics Championships and dismantled afterwards.

Notable events

• European Aquatics Championships: 2020^[3]
• European Water Polo Championship: 2020 Men's,^[4] 2020 Women's^[4]
• FINA Swimming World Cup: 2018,^[5] 2019,^[6] 2021^[7][8]
• FINA Water Polo World League: 2018 Men's,^[9] 2019 Women's^[10]
• International Swimming League: 2019,^[11] 2020^[12][13]
• LEN Champions League: 2016–2017,^[14][15] 2020–21^[16]
• World Aquatics Championships: 2017,^[17] 2022^[18]
• World Junior Artistic Swimming Championships: 2018^[19]
• World Junior Swimming Championships: 2019^[20]

References

1. "Danube Arena, www.fina-budapest2017.com". Archived from the original on 2017-03-11. Retrieved 2017-03-02.
2. Budapest (HUN) to host FINA World Championships in 2017 Archived 2015-08-27 at the Wayback Machine
3. Csurka, Gergely (26 May 2021). "European Aquatics Championships summary: GB, Russia, Italy on top, 3 WRs in Budapest". FINA. Retrieved 23 November 2021.
4. "2020 European Water Polo Championships, Budapest – Draw". LEN. 22 October 2019. Retrieved 23 November 2021.
5. FINA (6 October 2018). "FINA Swimming World Cup 2018 Budapest: Results Book". Omega Timing. Retrieved 23 November 2021.
6. FINA (6 October 2019). "FINA Swimming World Cup 2019 Budapest (HUN): Results Book". Omega Timing. Retrieved 23 November 2021.
7. "More Swimming World Cup thrilling action continues in Budapest". FINA. 6 October 2021. Retrieved 23 November 2021.
8. Race, Retta (10 October 2021). "Key Takeaways From 2021 FINA World Cup – Budapest". SwimSwam. Retrieved 23 November 2021.
9. Pimer, Diana (8 July 2020). "Montenegro Wins FINA Men's Water Polo World League Super Final 2018". Swimming World. Retrieved 23 November 2021.
10. Keith, Braden (23 June 2019). "$202,500 Up For Grabs At Women's Water Polo World League; Far Less Than Men". SwimSwam. Retrieved 23 November 2021.
11. Keith, Braden (8 July 2020). "Full Replay of 2019 International Swimming League Meet In Budapest". SwimSwam. Retrieved 23 November 2021.
12. "International Swimming League Announces Season Schedule And Global Broadcast Deals". Australian Leisure Management. 15 October 2020. Retrieved 23 November 2021.
13. Hope, Nick (16 October 2020). "International Swimming League: Your guide to season two in the 'Budapest bubble'". BBC Sport. Retrieved 23 November 2021.
14. "Water Polo Champions League F6 – Streaming And Results". LEN. 23 May 2017. Retrieved 23 November 2021.
15. LEN (27 May 2017). "Finals - Budapest - Duna Arena". Microplus Timing. Retrieved 23 November 2021.
16. LEN (19 November 2021). "LEN Champions League Results 2021–2022: Preliminary Round Day 3 19-20/11/2021". Microplus Timing. Retrieved 23 November 2021.
17. Rieder, David (21 February 2017). "Danube Arena Opens in Hungary, Set for FINA World Championships". Swimming World. Retrieved 22 November 2021.
18. "Budapest awarded extraordinary FINA World Championships, event to take place in June 2022". FINA. 6 February 2022. Retrieved 7 February 2022.
19. "PR 52 - Budapest sets to provide background to World Junior Artistic Swimming Championships". FINA. 17 July 2018. Retrieved 23 November 2021.
20. "USA Swimming Announces U.S. Team for 2019 FINA World Junior Championships". USA Swimming. 8 August 2019. Retrieved 22 November 2021.

External links

Media related to Duna Aréna at Wikimedia Commons

• Official website (in Hungarian)