Palau d'Esports de Badalona

E137920

building indoor sports arena

Palau d'Esports de Badalona is an indoor sports arena in Badalona, Spain, best known internationally for hosting basketball events during the 1992 Barcelona Summer Olympics and serving as the home court of the Joventut Badalona basketball team.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Pavelló Olímpic de Badalona	3
Badalona Olympic basketball venue	1
Palau d'Esports de Badalona canonical	1
sports palace of Badalona	1
パラウ・サン・ジョルディ（バルセロナ五輪屋内競技場）	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1168179 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Palau d'Esports de Badalona
Context triple: [basketball at the 1992 Summer Olympics, venue, Palau d'Esports de Badalona]

A. Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys
Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys is a historic multi-purpose stadium in Barcelona, Spain, best known for hosting the athletics events and ceremonies of the 1992 Summer Olympics.
B. Mestalla Stadium
Mestalla Stadium is the historic home ground of Valencia CF in Spain and one of the oldest and most iconic football stadiums in the country.
C. Valencia CF Mestalla
Valencia CF Mestalla is the reserve team of Spanish football club Valencia CF, competing in the lower divisions to develop young and emerging players.
D. Movistar Arena
Movistar Arena is a major indoor multi-purpose entertainment and sports venue in Santiago, Chile, hosting concerts, sporting events, and large-scale shows.
E. Camp Nou
Camp Nou is the iconic football stadium in Barcelona, Spain, best known as the historic home ground of FC Barcelona and one of the largest stadiums in Europe.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Palau d'Esports de Badalona
Target entity description: Palau d'Esports de Badalona is an indoor sports arena in Badalona, Spain, best known internationally for hosting basketball events during the 1992 Barcelona Summer Olympics and serving as the home court of the Joventut Badalona basketball team.

A. Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys
Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys is a historic multi-purpose stadium in Barcelona, Spain, best known for hosting the athletics events and ceremonies of the 1992 Summer Olympics.
B. Mestalla Stadium
Mestalla Stadium is the historic home ground of Valencia CF in Spain and one of the oldest and most iconic football stadiums in the country.
C. Valencia CF Mestalla
Valencia CF Mestalla is the reserve team of Spanish football club Valencia CF, competing in the lower divisions to develop young and emerging players.
D. Movistar Arena
Movistar Arena is a major indoor multi-purpose entertainment and sports venue in Santiago, Chile, hosting concerts, sporting events, and large-scale shows.
E. Camp Nou
Camp Nou is the iconic football stadium in Barcelona, Spain, best known as the historic home ground of FC Barcelona and one of the largest stadiums in Europe.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	building ⓘ indoor sports arena ⓘ
capacity	approximately 12000 spectators ⓘ around 12000 for basketball ⓘ
category	Olympic basketball venues ⓘ basketball venues in Spain ⓘ buildings and structures in Badalona ⓘ indoor arenas in Spain ⓘ sports venues in Catalonia ⓘ
continent	Europe ⓘ
country	Spain ⓘ
eventTypeHosted	cultural events ⓘ domestic basketball league games ⓘ international basketball games ⓘ
governingBody	municipality of Badalona ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Badalona Olympic basketball venue ⓘ linked to: Palau d'Esports de Badalona
hasFunction	multi-purpose arena ⓘ
hasLocalTeam	Club Joventut Badalona ⓘ linked to: Joventut Badalona
hasSeatingType	all-seater arena ⓘ
hasSurface	hardwood court ⓘ
homeVenueOf	Joventut Badalona ⓘ
hostedEvent	1992 Barcelona Summer Olympics basketball games ⓘ basketball tournament at the 1992 Summer Olympics ⓘ
inauguratedBefore	1992 Summer Olympics ⓘ
languageOfName	Catalan ⓘ
locatedIn	Badalona ⓘ Catalonia ⓘ Province of Barcelona ⓘ metropolitan area of Barcelona ⓘ
locatedNear	Barcelona ⓘ
namedAfter	sports palace of Badalona ⓘ linked to: Palau d'Esports de Badalona
notableFor	being home court of Joventut Badalona ⓘ hosting Olympic basketball in 1992 ⓘ
olympicGamesEdition	Games of the XXV Olympiad ⓘ
olympicSportHosted	basketball ⓘ
openingYear	1991 ⓘ
partOf	venues of the 1992 Summer Olympics ⓘ
region	Catalonia, Spain ⓘ linked to: Catalonia
roofType	indoor ⓘ
sport	basketball ⓘ
tenant	Joventut Badalona ⓘ
usedByCompetition	EuroLeague (historically) ⓘ linked to: EuroLeague
usedByLeague	Liga ACB ⓘ
usedFor	basketball ⓘ concerts ⓘ indoor sports ⓘ

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