National Gymnastics Arena

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

National Gymnastics Arena

Location	Baku, Azerbaijan
Coordinates	40.41923°N 49.916605°E / 40.41923; 49.916605
Owner	Mayoralty of Baku
Capacity	5,000–9,000
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

Overview

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

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

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

Event	Date
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

• Azerbaijan Gymnastics Federation
• Gymnastics in Azerbaijan

References

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.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
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.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
13. "FIG Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships". agf.az. Retrieved 2019-09-20.

External links

Media related to National Gymnastics Arena at Wikimedia Commons

• Official website (in English)