The Peace and Friendship Stadium SEF, known as
S.E.F. is an indoor arena located in
Faliro,
Athens that hosted indoor volleyball at the
2004 Summer Olympics in
Athens, Greece. The arena which was built in 1981 and it opened in 1985 had previously hosted various major international events, including the Final tournament of the
1987 Men's European Basketball Championships and preliminary games of the
1998 FIBA World Basketball Championships. Renovations for the Olympics commenced in April 2002 and were completed on June 30, 2004. The new stadium was officially opened on August 11, 2004, shortly before the opening of the games. The venue's current regular seating capacity is 14,940 seats, while the regular capacity was 17,000 seats before the 2004 Summer Olympics renovation. However, for home playoff matches of the
Olympiacos basketball club, for which the SEF arena is their regular home court, the seating capacity can be increased to 16,000-17,000 with temporary seating. ==Sports Pavilion==