{{Short description|Sporting arena in Karlsruhe, Germany}} {{more citations needed|date=March 2008}}
[[File:Europahalle - geograph.org.uk - 2979.jpg|thumb|right|220px|Europahalle in [[Karlsruhe]], [[Baden-Württemberg]], [[Germany]].]] '''Europahalle''' is an [[indoor arena|indoor sporting arena]] located in [[Karlsruhe]], [[Germany]].
The capacity of the arena is 9,000 people.
The venue has featured a number of [[List of world records in athletics|world record performances in athletics]], including a jump of 2.07 m in the [[high jump]] by [[Heike Henkel]] in 1992, when the Europahalle hosted the German Indoor Championships. This mark remained unbettered indoors for fourteen years and remains one of the best ever performances in the discipline.<ref>Gordon, Ed (2009-02-14). [http://www.iaaf.org/WIM09/news/newsid=49302.html Strong fields on tap as Karlsruhe celebrates 25th edition - Karlsruhe preview]. [[IAAF]]. Retrieved on 2011-02-19.</ref>
After extensive renovation, the arena re-opened in mid-2024. The [[PS Karlsruhe Lions]] have been a primary tenant again.<ref>{{cite news |author1=Moritz Hirn|title= Rückkehr mit erstklassigen Zielen: PSK Lions spielen bald wieder in der Karlsruher Europahalle|url=https://bnn.de/karlsruhe/rueckkehr-mit-erstklassigen-zielen-psk-lions-spielen-bald-wieder-in-der-europahalle |accessdate=10 April 2024 |work=[[Badische Neueste Nachrichten]] |date=30 January 2024 |language=German}}</ref>
==Events== '''Sports'''
* [[European Juggling Convention]] August 2–10, 2008 * [[EuroBasket 1985]] * [[EuroBasket 1993]] * All-Star Days 1990-1995 of the [[Basketball Bundesliga]] * EuroBasket Women 1998 * Games of the [[Harlem Globetrotters]] * Games of the [[Germany national basketball team]] * Games of the [[Germany men's national handball team]] * Home to the [[PS Karlsruhe Lions]] [[basketball]] team (until 2020, when the renovation started. The team returned to the arena for the 2024-25 season)
==Address== :Europahalle Karlsruhe :Hermann-Veit-Straße 7 :D-76135 Karlsruhe
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{Official website|http://www.europahalle.de/ }} {{in lang|de}}
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[[Category:Indoor arenas in Germany]] [[Category:Basketball venues in Germany]] [[Category:Indoor track and field venues]] [[Category:Buildings and structures in Karlsruhe]] [[Category:Sports venues in Baden-Württemberg]] [[Category:Sport in Karlsruhe]] [[Category:1983 establishments in West Germany]] [[Category:Sports venues completed in 1983]]
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