principal pro club competition in basketball, which saw hometown favourite Panathinaikos win the title. On 9 December 2007, FIBA announced that the Olympic Indoor Hall was selected as the host of the 2008 FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament for the 2008 Summer Olympic Games. At the qualifying tournament, hosts and favourites Greece, along with the German and Croatian national basketball teams, qualified for the final 2008 Olympic Basketball Tournament. On 5 April 2018, the Indoor Hall was announced as the venue of the 2018 Basketball Champions League Final Four, during which AEK Athens served as host. On 19 May 2022, the Greek government and basketball club Panathinaikos reached an agreement for the exclusive use of the OAKA Indoor Hall by the "Greens". The arena, along with its auxiliary facilities, will be granted from 2023 for the next 49 years to Panathinaikos, with the club bearing its maintenance and operating costs. Both the Greek state and Panathinaikos have expressed the wish so as the Greek national basketball team continues to use the OAKA Indoor Hall as their home court. Musical events On 18 and 20 May 2006, the Hall hosted the 51st Eurovision Song Contest, that was held in Athens, after Greece's victory at the Song Contest in 2005. There were 15,000 seats available for spectators, both for the semifinal and the grand final. Some of the entertainers who have performed at the arena include Maluma,Slayer,Rotting Christ, Pearl Jam, Enrique Iglesias, Depeche Mode, Jennifer Lopez, Björk, Beyoncé, Slayer, Shakira, Roger Waters, Aloha from Hell, Tokio Hotel, Helena Paparizou, Sakis Rouvas and Anna Vissi. See also List of basketball arenas by capacity List of indoor arenas in Greece List of indoor arenas in Europe References External links Olympic Athletic Center of Athens Official Site Nikos Galis Indoor Hall Nikos Galis Indoor Hall Info And Pictures At Stadia.gr Best Indoor Basketball Indoor Basketball venues in Greece Indoor arenas in Greece Olympic basketball venues Olympic gymnastics venues Sports venues completed in 1995 Venues of the 2004 Summer Olympics