Druzhba Multipurpose Arena

Druzhba Multipurpose Arena as it appears today

Druzhba Multipurpose Arena under construction, July 1978

The Druzhba Multipurpose Arena (Russian: Универсальный спортивный зал "Дружба") is an indoor arena in Moscow, Russia, part of the Luzhniki Sports Complex. It was built in 1979, and the first competition held there was the finals of the 7th USSR Summer Spartakiad. It hosted volleyball preliminaries of the 1980 Summer Olympics and was a venue of the 1986 Goodwill Games (women's basketball, freestyle wrestling, judo and handball events were held there). The capacity of the arena is for 3,500 people and is the regular home venue of WVC Dynamo Moscow Volleyball team.^[1]

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Venues of the 1980 Summer Olympics

Central Lenin Stadium Area	Druzhba Multipurpose Arena Grand Arena Minor Arena Sports Palace Swimming Pool Streets of Moscow

Olympiysky Sports Complex	Indoor Stadium Swimming Pool

Northwestern Planning Zone	CSKA Athletics Fieldhouse CSKA Football Fieldhouse CSKA Palace of Sports Dynamo Central Stadium, Grand Arena Dynamo Central Stadium, Minor Arena Dynamo Palace of Sports Krylatskoye Sports Complex Archery Field Krylatskoye Sports Complex Canoeing and Rowing Basin Krylatskoye Sports Complex Cycling Circuit Krylatskoye Sports Complex Velodrome Trade Unions' Equestrian Complex Young Pioneers Stadium

Eastern Planning Zone	Dynamo Shooting Range Izmailovo Sports Palace Sokolniki Sports Palace

Football venues	Dinamo Stadium (Minsk) Kirov Stadium (Leningrad) Republican Stadium (Kiev)

Other venues	Moscow-Minsk Highway Olympic Regatta in Tallinn Izmailovo Hotel

Olympic venues in volleyball

1964 Komazawa Volleyball Courts, Yokohama Cultural Gymnasium (final) 1968 Juan de la Barrera Olympic Gymnasium (final), Juan Escutia Sports Palace, Revolution Ice Rink 1972 Volleyballhalle 1976 Montreal Forum (final), Paul Sauvé Centre 1980 Druzhba Multipurpose Arena, Minor Arena of the Central Lenin Stadium (final) 1984 Long Beach Arena 1988 Hanyang University Gymnasium, Jamsil Gymnasium (final), Saemaul Sports Hall 1992 Palau dels Esports de Barcelona, Palau Sant Jordi (final), Pavelló de la Vall d'Hebron 1996 Clayton County International Park (2-man), Omni Coliseum (indoor final), Stegeman Coliseum 2000 Bondi Beach, Sydney Entertainment Centre (indoor final), Sydney Showground Pavilion 4 2004 Faliro Olympic Beach Volleyball Centre, Peace and Friendship Stadium 2008 Beijing Institute of Technology Gymnasium, Capital Indoor Stadium (indoor final), Chaoyang Park Beach Volleyball Ground 2012 Earls Court Exhibition Centre, Horse Guards Parade 2016 Beach Volleyball Arena, Maracanãzinho

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