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Complexo Esportivo Ney Braga

South region / Paraná / São José dos Pinhais

Booking and enquiries

  • Complexo Esportivo Ney Braga Rua Isabel A. Redentora, 2.355, Centro São José dos Pinhais, Paraná
  • Get in touch with: Mr. Lucas Grubba Pigatto +55 41 3385 9112 / +55 41 3283 6673 lucas.pigatto@sjp.pr.gov.br

Services

  • Available on an exclusive use basis
  • Café on site
  • Controlled access and security personnel on site
  • Dedicated medical treatment room
  • First aid room
  • Meeting / Briefing room
  • Multimedia room
  • Physiotherapy and massage room
  • Rest area
  • Team management office

Partner training camps

  • Centro de Esporte e Lazer São Marcos Centro de Esporte e Lazer Maria Pissaia Zanqueta / Colônia Rio Grande Ginásio Poliesportivo Max Rosenmann / Afonso Pena

The Complexo Esportivo Ney Braga, located in the city of São José dos Pinhais, Paraná state (South Region of Brazil), is experienced in hosting national and international level sporting events. The venue is suitable for Basketball, Handball and Wheelchair Basketball training.

The sports complex first opened in 1980, and was refurbished in 2010. It features a multi-purpose arena and first aid, medical treatment, physiotherapy and massage rooms. Meeting/briefing and multimedia rooms and a private team management office are also available. It also offers a café and rest area. The venue has controlled access and security personnel on site.

Experience in sporting events:

The Complexo Esportivo Ney Braga is experienced in hosting national and international level sporting events – including the 2001 Campeonato Brasileiro de Basquetebol Feminino (Women's National Basketball championship); in 2004, Pan-Americano de Handebol (Pan American Handball tournament) and Sul-Americano de Handebol (South American Handball tournament); in 2005, Campeonato Brasileiro de Basquetebol Masculino (Men’s National Basketball championship); and state round of Jogos Abertos (Open Games) in 2011.

Athletes associated with the venue include Ana Jéssica Pinto and Natália Saar. Both made the Brazilian National Team in 2008, and played the 2009 Copa América (Americas tournament) and the 2010 Campeonato Sul-Americano de Basquetebol (South American Basketball championship).

About the city:

São José dos Pinhais is located in the eastern region of Paraná state (South Region of Brazil), in the metropolitan region of Curitiba and sits at an average altitude of 900m above sea level. The city is located 858km from Rio de Janeiro in a spring area (water supply reserve) and has a population of 264,210 (IBGE index). São José dos Pinhais is part of an ecosystem known as the Araucárias Forest (Floresta das Araucárias), one of the areas which comprise the Atlantic Rainforest.

SPORTS OFFERED AT THE CAMP AND SPORT VENUE SPECIFICATIONS

Olympic sports

Basketball

Number of courts (28m x 15m): 1
Clear height: 11.15m 
Wooden sprung floor 
Line markings: painted lines 
Timing device

Handball

Number of courts (40m x 20m): 1
Clear height: 11.15m 
Wooden sprung floor
Line markings: painted lines

Paralympic sports

Wheelchair Basketball

Number of courts (28m x 15m): 1
Clear height: 11.15m 
Wooden sprung floor 
Line markings: painted lines 
Timing device 

Distance Chart

Distances
Nearest airport Aeroporto Internacional Afonso Pena – São José dos Pinhais/PR
Distance to nearest airport (km) 2.8
Nearest port Porto de Paranaguá
Distance to nearest port (km) 86.4
Distance to nearest major hospital (km) 0.3

Climate information - São José dos Pinhais


Climate information - São José dos Pinhais

 

Notes:
1. Daily minimum temperature may reach 0°C in May and June.
2. Average values of past 10 years.
 
Source: INMET

Climate information - Rio de Janeiro


Climate information - Rio de Janeiro

 

Notes:
1. Daily minimum temperature may reach 14°C from May to July.
2. Average values of past 10 years.
 
Source: INMET
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