Gimnodesportivo Vava Duarte
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 Gimnodesportivo Vavá Duarte
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Avenida de Cuba Praia on Santiago Island, Cape Verde |
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| Coordinates | 14°54′48″N 23°30′47″W / 14.9134°N 23.5131°W |
| Capacity | 8,000 |
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| ABC Praia Black Panthers Desportivo da Praia Lapaloma Seven Stars CD Travadores (former) |
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Gimnodesportivo (or Gimno Desportivo or Pavilhão Desportivo) Vavá Duarte (older spelling: Vává Duarte) is a multi-purpose stadium in Praia, Cape Verde south of the city center's plateau in the subdivision of Gamboa (or Chã das Areias) just south of Várzea and is located on Avenida de Cuba, a road connecting the south of the city and the north and the southwest of the island. It is currently used for basketball, volleyball and futsal matches. The stadium holds about 2,000 people. The entrance is on the south side of the stadium and its elevation is around 5 meters above sea level.. The stadium is home to the best basketball clubs in Cape Verde including ABC, Black Panthers, Desportivo da Praia, Lapaloma and Seven Stars. Other teams that base in another part include ADESBA located in the nearby neighborhood of Craveiro Lopes some hundreds of meters north but play in the stadium. Until the mid 2000s, Travadores' basketball and futsal teams had to be abandoned in 2004.
The stadium can be viewed from the hills in the outskirts including Achada Santo António and especially the Plateau of Praia.
Headquarters of the Cape Verdean Basketball, Volleyball, Futsal and Athletics federations are in the section adjacent to the basketball/volleyball/futsal court.
Nearby buildings includes Estádio da Várzea to the north, Praia da Gamboa to the east and the Government Building nearly to the west.
Vava Duarte is one of Cape Verde's basketball greats and the arena is named after him. He founded a club named Lapaloma and would play in football (soccer) and basketball competitions.
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