Centre Sportif Hall Lankelz

The Centre Sportif Hall Lankelz sits in the Lankelz district, a quiet stretch of Esch-sur-Alzette. HB Esch calls it home, and for them, it is the heaviest ground in the country.

The club has dominated the local game since its founding in 2001. They have lifted the national title twelve times, including a run of four straight wins in the mid-2000s that set the standard for the decade. Their dominance extends to the cup, where they have claimed the trophy ten times, and they reached the final of the EHF Challenge Cup in 2013, proving they could compete beyond the border. The hall itself is a modest 1,000-seat affair, intimate enough that every shot echoes off the walls.

There is some confusion over where exactly it sits on the map. HBA Architects list it on Rue Dr. Emile Colling, while mapping services point to 10 Rue Jos Kieffer. The building itself is a recent addition to the town’s skyline; an architectural project dated to 2019, yet reports from 2022 described it as still under construction or facing delays. It remains a work in progress, managed by the city council rather than a private owner. The floor beneath the players is likely wood, standard for indoor handball, though no official record confirms it. It is a place without an individual website, living instead under the umbrella of esch.lu, a utilitarian home for a team that has seen the competition change around them but kept its grip on the top spot.