Competitions at the venue

Sports: Judo and karate

Medal events: 27

Athletes: 496

About

The Chizhovka Arena will hold the judo and karate events during Minsk 2019.

Chizhovka Arena is a multi-purpose cultural, sports and entertainment complex built to hold sports competitions and other leisure events.

It has two ice rinks - a larger one accommodating 8,807 spectators and a smaller one used for training that accommodates 473 spectators.

There is also a multi-purpose sports hall inside the arena.

The area beside the larger ice rink has eight dressing rooms.

The venue is located at a picturesque location - the Park of the 900^th Anniversary of Minsk.

Competitions at the venue

Sports: Athletics

Medal events: 9

Athletes: 630

About

During Minsk 2019, the Dinamo Stadium will host the Opening and Closing Ceremonies, as well as the athletics events.

The venue is one of Belarus’ main sports arenas.

Prior to its recent renovation it could seat 34,000 spectators.

Following the renovation, the capacity is 22,246.

In July 2018, the Dinamo Stadium received a class one facility certificate from the International Association of Athletics Federations.

The official opening of the venue took place on June 12, 1934, with a first renovation happening in 1939.

It was destroyed during the Great Patriotic War and re-built between 1947 and 1954.

Competitions at the venue

Sports: Badminton

Medal events: 5

Athletes: 160

About

The Falcon Club arena will hold the badminton events during Minsk 2019.

Located right by the National Flag Square and the Independence Palace on Pobediteley Avenue, it is one of the newest and most modern sports and recreation venues in Minsk.

The Falcon Club opened its doors to the public in 2016.

There is room for up to 3,500 people.

Competitions at the venue

Sports: Gymnastics (acrobatic, aerobic, artistic, rhythmic and trampoline) and track cycling

Medal events: 52

Athletes: 602

About

During the 2019 European Games, the 15,000-capacity Minsk Arena will be host the acrobatic, aerobic, artistic, rhythmic and trampoline gymnastics events, while its veledrome will stage the track cycling competitions.

The multi-purpose complex is one of the most advanced facilities of its kind in Europe.

It was designed to host international sports and other entertainment events.

There will also be a fan zone near the venue.

One of the primary uses of the Minsk Arena is ice hockey, as the building is the home rink of HC Dinamo Minsk of the Kontinental Hockey League.

It was one of two main venues for the 2014 Men's World Ice Hockey Championship and a year earlier played host to the 2013 Track Cycling World Championships.

Competitions at the venue

Sports: Road cycling

Medal events: 4

Athletes: 226

About

During the 2019 European Games, the cycling road race events will take place in Minsk city centre.

They will pass through the central avenues of the Belarusian capital.

The routes were developed with numerous things in mind, including television broadcasting requirements and main sights and picturesque areas.

Competitions at the venue

Sports: Beach soccer and archery

Medal events: 9

Athletes: 224

About

During the 2018 European Games, the Olympic Sports Complex will host the beach soccer and archery events.

The Olympic Sports Complex was established in 1998 and is used both as a professional training site for Belarusian athletes and as a public sports and recreational facility.

The beach soccer venue which will be used at the Minsk 2019 European Games has been officially opened.

The 1,500-capacity National Beach Soccer Stadium, which is located within the Olympic Sports

Complex and is the only non-existing venue for Minsk 2019, was built in just two months.

A test event, the first in any sport for Minsk 2019, was held in August 2018 with four teams taking part in a Euro Beach Soccer League tournament.

Hosts Belarus were joined by Italy, Poland and Turkey.

An archery test event is set to be held in May 2019.

It will form part of a Belarusian Championship, allowing athletes to evaluate the infrastructure of the Olympic Sports Complex and reveal what, if any, problems need addressing prior to the Games.

Competitions at the venue

Sports: Table tennis

Medal events: 5

Athletes: 128

About

During Minsk 2019, the Olympic Tennis Centre will host the table tennis events.

The Olympic Tennis Centre was built in 1978.

Its second wing was commissioned in March 2015.

The main indoor building of the venue has four tennis courts with artificial hard turf, spectator stands for 500 people and a training hall.

The adjacent building has 16 open-air tennis courts, including five clay courts and six artificial grass courts.

It has spectator stands for 1,235 people.

Competitions at the venue

Sports: 3x3 basketball

Medal events: 2

Athletes: 128

About

During Minsk 2019, the events in 3x3 basketball will take place at the Palova Arena.  

The sports complex is located next to the Palace of Sports.

The 3x3 basketball court was put into operation in 2015.

In September 2018, a media personalities side won a 3x3 basketball tournament held at the Palova Arena as part of Minsk 2019's "Bright Team" initiative.

The programme has the goal of involving more people in the 15 sports which will feature at Minsk 2019.

Winning side Stolichnue beat Silver Screen 9-8 in the final after knocking out a Minsk 2019 Organising Committee outfit in the last four.

Competitions at the venue

Sports: Shooting rifle and pistol

Medal events: 13

Athletes: 208

About

During Minsk 2019, the Shooting Centre will host the rifle shooting events.

The venue is named after Semyon Konstantinovich Timoshenko, a Soviet military commander and Marshal of the Soviet Union.

It was built in 1971.

Competitions at the venue

Sports: Shooting shotgun

Medal events: 6

Athletes: 122

About

Sporting Club will hold the events in shotgun shooting during Minsk 2019.

It is Belarus’ Olympic training base for clay target shooting and has a capacity of 300.

Among the notable events Sporting Club has previously hosted is the 2008 International Shooting Sport Federation World Cup Final in shotgun events.

Competitions at the venue

Sports: Sambo and wrestling

Medal events: 36

Athletes: 432

About

The Sports Palace will hold the events in sambo and wrestling during Minsk 2019.

The multi-functional sports and recreation complex is one of the oldest sports facilities in Minsk with more than 50 years of history.

It is located in one of the most beautiful parts of the city centre, right by the Svisloch River.

The Sports Palace, opened in May 1966, seats 4,842 spectators.

It hosts various indoor events and used to serve as the home of ice hockey team HC Dynamo Minsk, of the Kontinental Hockey League, before the Minsk Arena was completed.

Competitions at the venue

Sports: Boxing

Medal events: 15

Athletes: 316

About

During Minsk 2019, the 3,000-capacity Uruchie Sports Palace will host the boxing events.

The recreation complex belongs to the Sports Committee of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Belarus Government agency and was first established in 1976 as a small track and field military venue.

At the time, track and field, futsal, handball and volleyball competitions took place at the Uruchie Sports Palace.

Zaslavl Regatta Course

Sports: Canoe sprint

Medal events: 16

Athletes: 350

About

During Minsk 2019, the Zaslavl Regatta Course will host the canoe sprint events.

The venue was established by the Republican School of Higher Sportsmanship in Water Sports in April 1980.

In 2006, a large-scale re-build was carried out, including the construction of engineering and transport infrastructure, an administrative household, a medical recovery centre and other facilities.

It was completed in 2011.

Five years later, the Zaslavl Regatta Course staged the Junior and Under-23 Canoe Sprint World Championships.