Begin Arena
Eilat, Israel
Formerly: Begin Gymnasium, Begin Sport Hall
Begin Arena is an indoor sports facility in Eilat, Israel, best known as the home of Hapoel Eilat, the city's basketball club. The venue, also known as Begin Gymnasium, opened in 2007. The club, founded in 1970 and revived in 2012, competes in the Israeli Basketball Premier League (Ligat Winner) and the Balkan International Basketball League (BIBL). The team has won silver medals in 1998 and 2015.
The arena is distinct from other facilities in Eilat such as the Yamin Herzog Sport Hall and Port Arena-Eilat. It features a natural wooden parquet floor, standard for professional basketball venues. The venue is not tied to a specific capacity figure in the public record; sources vary from 1,100 to 1,690. The highest recorded attendance was 1,690 for the 2016 Israeli League All-Star Game held on March 25, 2016.
Who plays here
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Hapoel Eilat
90 matches
Recent matches here
| Date | Match | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 19 Oct | Hapoel Eilat — Hapoel Holon | 78:69 |
| 27 Sep | Hapoel Eilat — Maccabi Ashdod B.C. | 75:55 |
| 9 Sep | Hapoel Eilat — Bnei Herzliya | 98:101 |
| 28 Apr | Hapoel Eilat — Maccabi Haifa B.C. | 96:83 |
| 23 Apr | Hapoel Eilat — Maccabi Ashdod B.C. | 102:83 |
| 6 Apr | Hapoel Eilat — Safed | 123:68 |
| 26 Mar | Hapoel Eilat — Maccabi Maale Adumim | 107:71 |
| 20 Feb | Hapoel Eilat — Otef Darom | 95:83 |