SPC Vojvodina ( Serbian Cyrillic : СПЦ Војводина ), short for Sports and Business Center Vojvodina ( Serbian : Спортски и пословни центар Војводина , romanized : Sportski i poslovni centar Vojvodina ), commonly referred to as SPENS ( Serbian Cyrillic : СПЕНС ), is a multi-purpose venue located in Novi Sad , Vojvodina , Serbia.
7-511: Its construction started in 1979, based on the design documentation produced by the Institute of Architecture, Urbanism and Spatial Planning, at the University of Sarajevo. The authors of the original, competition-winning design were Prof. Zivorad Jankovic, Prof. Branko Bulic and Eng. Dusko Bogunovic. The construction of the main and the small hall was completed in less than two years. On 14 April 1981,
14-761: Is often used as a venue for concerts, film premieres, conventions, etc. The first ever concert held at SPENS was of pop-rock band Sedmorica mladih , drawing a crowd of 5,000 people. Some of the other concerts have been: 1981 World Table Tennis Championships 1981 edition of the World Table Tennis Championships 1981 World Table Tennis Championships [REDACTED] Events Singles men women Doubles men women mixed Team men women 1979 1983 v t e [REDACTED] Yugoslav stamp dedicated to
21-1539: Is operated by the state-owned company JP "Sportski i poslovni centar Vojvodina" , which in addition to SPENS also has Sports Center Sajmište ( Serbian : Спортски центар Сајмиште , romanized : Sportski centar Sajmište ) under its umbrella. Sprawling over 85,000 m, SPENS consists of Main Hall (capacity: 6,987 seats), Small Hall (capacity: 1,030), ice-hockey rink (capacity: 1,623), bowling alley, shooting range, 3 training halls, swimming pool, 11 tennis courts, media center, 2 press centers, amphitheater, reception salon, conference hall, double-level garage, and 215 retail and business spaces that house banks, furniture stores, tourist agencies, jewelers, bookstores, pool halls, fitness clubs, boutiques, etc. SPENS' most famous residents are basketball's KK Vojvodina Srbijagas (participating in Basketball League of Serbia ) and volleyball's OK Vojvodina . In 1987, Spens hosted basketball's European Cup Winners' Cup Final in which Cibona Zagreb defeated Scavolini Pesaro 89–74. The venue received its biggest media exposure when it hosted round-robin action of EuroBasket 2005 in group D which consisted of Spain , Latvia , Israel and host country Serbia and Montenegro . For this occasion, SPENS underwent major renovation that included improvements to building's technological capabilities, overhaul of its media center and addition of two video boards – one on each end of
28-2536: The 1981 World Table Tennis Championships The 1981 World Table Tennis Championships were held in Novi Sad ( Yugoslavia ) from April 14 to April 26, 1981. Results [ edit ] Team [ edit ] Event Gold Silver Bronze Swaythling Cup Men's Team [REDACTED] China Cai Zhenhua Guo Yuehua Shi Zhihao Wang Huiyuan Xie Saike [REDACTED] Hungary Gábor Gergely István Jónyer Tibor Klampár Tibor Kreisz Zsolt Kriston [REDACTED] Japan Hiroyuki Abe Hideo Gotoh Masahiro Maehara Seiji Ono Norio Takashima Corbillon Cup Women's team [REDACTED] China Cao Yanhua Qi Baoxiang Tong Ling Zhang Deying [REDACTED] South Korea An Hae-sook Hwang Nam-sook Kim Kyung-ja Lee Soo-ja [REDACTED] North Korea Kim Gyong-sun Li Song Suk Pak Yung-Sun Individual [ edit ] Event Gold Silver Bronze Men's singles [REDACTED] Guo Yuehua [REDACTED] Cai Zhenhua [REDACTED] Dragutin Šurbek [REDACTED] Stellan Bengtsson Women's singles [REDACTED] Tong Ling [REDACTED] Cao Yanhua [REDACTED] Zhang Deying [REDACTED] Lee Soo-ja Men's doubles [REDACTED] Cai Zhenhua [REDACTED] Li Zhenshi [REDACTED] Guo Yuehua [REDACTED] Xie Saike [REDACTED] Antun Stipančić [REDACTED] Dragutin Šurbek [REDACTED] Patrick Birocheau [REDACTED] Jacques Secrétin Women's doubles [REDACTED] Cao Yanhua [REDACTED] Zhang Deying [REDACTED] Pu Qijuan [REDACTED] Tong Ling [REDACTED] An Hae-sook [REDACTED] Hwang Nam-sook [REDACTED] Huang Junqun [REDACTED] Yan Guili Mixed doubles [REDACTED] Xie Saike [REDACTED] Huang Junqun [REDACTED] Chen Xinhua [REDACTED] Tong Ling [REDACTED] Huang Liang [REDACTED] Pu Qijuan [REDACTED] Dragutin Šurbek [REDACTED] Branka Batinić References [ edit ] ^ "World Championships Results" . ITTF Museum . Archived from
35-453: The complex opened its door for the first time, its inaugural event being the 1981 World Table Tennis Championships , event named "SPENS '81" at the time (later the venue was unofficially named after the event name). In the following years, additional objects were opened. However, several objects were not constructed even though they were in the project, like open swimming pool, open skating rink and open courts for team sports. As of 2019, SPENS
42-674: The main hall. The arena hosted the Group C (group stage) of and the Group II of the main round of the 2012 European Men's Handball Championship , which featured national teams of Spain , Croatia , France , Hungary , Slovenia and Iceland . Since volleyball is very popular in Novi Sad, Serbia men's national volleyball team often plays its FIVB World League home matches in SPENS, as well as its friendly warm-up games. In addition to sporting events, SPENS
49-2909: The original on 2017-04-24 . Retrieved 13 April 2017 . ^ "ITTF Statistics" . ittf.com . Retrieved 13 April 2017 . External links [ edit ] ITTF Museum v t e World Table Tennis Championships Individual and team London 1926 Stockholm 1928 Budapest 1929 Berlin 1930 Budapest 1931 Prague 1932 Baden 1933 Paris 1934 Wembley 1935 Prague 1936 Baden 1937 Wembley 1938 Cairo 1939 Paris 1947 Wembley 1948 Stockholm 1949 Budapest 1950 Vienna 1951 Bombay 1952 Bucharest 1953 Wembley 1954 Utrecht 1955 Tokyo 1956 Stockholm 1957 Dortmund 1959 Beijing 1961 Prague 1963 Ljubljana 1965 Stockholm 1967 Munich 1969 Nagoya 1971 Sarajevo 1973 Calcutta 1975 Birmingham 1977 Pyongyang 1979 Novi Sad 1981 Tokyo 1983 Gothenburg 1985 New Delhi 1987 Dortmund 1989 Chiba 1991 Gothenburg 1993 Tianjin 1995 Manchester 1997 Osaka 2001 Individual only Eindhoven 1999 Paris 2003 Shanghai 2005 Zagreb 2007 Yokohama 2009 Rotterdam 2011 Paris 2013 Suzhou 2015 Düsseldorf 2017 Budapest 2019 Houston 2021 Durban 2023 Team only Kuala Lumpur 2000 Doha 2004 Bremen 2006 Guangzhou 2008 Moscow 2010 Dortmund 2012 Tokyo 2014 Kuala Lumpur 2016 Halmstad 2018 Busan 2020 Chengdu 2022 Busan 2024 List of medalists Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=1981_World_Table_Tennis_Championships&oldid=1223949133 " Categories : 1981 World Table Tennis Championships World Table Tennis Championships 1981 in table tennis 1981 in Yugoslav sport Table tennis competitions in Yugoslavia International sports competitions hosted by Yugoslavia Sports competitions in Novi Sad April 1981 sports events in Europe 1981 in Serbian sport 20th century in Novi Sad Hidden categories: All articles with dead external links Articles with dead external links from August 2019 Articles with permanently dead external links Articles with short description Short description matches Wikidata 1981 World Table Tennis Championships %E2%80%93 Men%27s singles The 1981 World Table Tennis Championships men's singles
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