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Gender:Male

Est:1932

S.L. Benfica

📍 Lisbon, Portugal•EHF European League

ID: team_143950

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Sport Lisboa e Benfica (Portuguese pronunciation: (audio speaker iconlisten)), commonly known as Benfica, is a professional handball team based in Lisbon, Portugal. Benfica play in the top tier domestic league, Andebol 1, and hold home matches at the Pavilhão da Luz Nº 2. The club also has a reserve team, Benfica B, that plays in the second division.

City:Lisbon

Country:Portugal

Stadium:Pavilhão da Luz Nº 2

Capacity:1,800

Home Venue

Pavilhão da Luz Nº 2

Capacity:1,800

Location:Lisbon

The Pavilhão da Luz Nº 2 is the second arena of Portuguese multi-sport club S.L. Benfica. It has a full capacity of 1,800 seats and is mainly used by the handball and volleyball departments of the club. Its construction ran at the same time as the adjacent arena, Pavilhão Fidelidade, but it was finished just a couple weeks later. Because the old Pavilhão da Luz was at full capacity with five sports, Benfica planned the new Estádio da Luz with two indoor arenas; the smaller one only hosting two departments. Its differences from the main arena are its roof and its two side stands, who sit fewer people.