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Weissensee Sportforum: Sportforum Berlin Guide and Current Events

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Weissensee Sportforum: Sportforum Berlin Guide and Current Events

The Weissensee Sportforum is one of Berlin’s most important sports sites, even if official listings usually call it Sportforum Berlin or Sportforum Berlin Hohenschoenhausen. You will also see it tied to its address on Weissenseer Weg, which is why many visitors search for it as the Weissensee Sportforum.

It is not a normal neighborhood sports ground. The Sportforum is a large training and competition campus used by elite athletes, youth development programs, clubs, schools, and occasional public events. If you are coming for a meet, a judo tournament, a family sports weekend, ice skating season, or just trying to understand what this place is, this is the page to keep open.

Quick facts

  • Main name: Weissensee Sportforum / Sportforum Berlin
  • Also listed as: Sportforum Berlin Hohenschoenhausen, Sportforum und Paul-Heyse-Strasse
  • Address: Weissenseer Weg 53, 13053 Berlin
  • District context: Lichtenberg, close to Hohenschoenhausen and Weissensee
  • Transit: Tram M13 to Sportforum; night bus N50 also serves the Sportforum stop
  • Scale: about 45 to 50 hectares, with roughly 35 sports halls and outdoor facilities
  • Main use: elite sport, youth performance sport, club training, competitions, and selected public events
  • Official contact: Senatsverwaltung fuer Inneres und Sport, Abteilung IV - Sportforum Berlin, Tel. (030) 90223-1901

What the Sportforum is

The Sportforum is Berlin’s second-largest sports complex and one of the city’s central places for competitive sport. The official Berlin description frames it as a future national elite sports center, with the Olympiastuetzpunkt Berlin as a main user.

The campus supports more than 15 Olympic and Paralympic sports. Depending on the building or outdoor area, you may find athletics, judo, fencing, archery, gymnastics, swimming-related training support, handball, volleyball, basketball, football, beach volleyball, ice hockey, figure skating, and speed skating.

The place is especially important because training, sports medicine, physiotherapy, sports psychology, diagnostics, and career support sit close together. For athletes, that matters: it is a campus designed around training and performance, not just a group of rented halls.

Main facilities

The Sportforum is big enough that the exact venue matters. Check whether your event is in the athletics stadium, throwing facility, large sports hall, judo hall, Wellblechpalast, speed skating hall, or another named area before you travel.

Useful parts of the complex include:

  • Athletics stadium and outdoor athletics areas: used for track events, jumps, throws, championship meetings, and youth competitions.
  • Throwing facility / Wurfanlage: the place to look for hammer, discus, shot put, and javelin-focused meetings.
  • Large Sports Hall / Grosse Sporthalle: a major indoor competition hall with about 1,700 spectator places, used for events including judo, volleyball, badminton, gymnastics, and archery.
  • Judo hall: a dedicated training and competition space used by the judo performance system and youth sport.
  • Wellblechpalast: the former EHC Eisbaeren venue, still used for ice hockey training and youth teams.
  • Speed skating hall: an important ice sports venue with a 400 m standard track, a smaller track, and an ice hockey field.
  • Ball sports hall: a dividable hall used for handball, volleyball, basketball, school sport, and club sport.

Current events at the Weissensee Sportforum

These are the current Sportforum events listed by Berlin’s sport administration for June 2026, with extra detail from the relevant federations and event pages. Dates and schedules can move, so check the linked official pages before you go.

June 6 and 7, 2026: Berlin-Brandenburg Athletics Championships

Venue: athletics stadium and throwing facility
Official listing: Berlin-Brandenburgische Meisterschaften 2026 - Leichtathletik
Best for: serious athletics fans, parents and clubs following youth athletes, and anyone who wants to see a proper regional championship weekend.

The Berlin athletics federation lists this as BBM M/F/U20/U18 + BM U16 at Sportforum Berlin on Saturday, June 6 and Sunday, June 7, 2026. In plain English: it combines Berlin-Brandenburg championship events for men, women, U20 and U18 athletes with Berlin championship events for U16 athletes.

LADV lists the meeting as a World Ranking Competition category event and shows a broad program: sprints, middle-distance races, hurdles, relays, high jump, pole vault, long jump, triple jump, shot put, discus, hammer, javelin, and the men’s 5,000 m. The age groups cover U16, U18, U20, and senior men and women.

What to expect:

  • The most spectator-friendly parts are usually sprints, relays, jumps, and the final rounds of throws.
  • Throws may be away from the main track area, so check the plan if you are following a specific athlete.
  • The event is competition-first rather than festival-style; arrive with the schedule, not just a vague start time.
  • The LADV entry page listed May 31, 2026 as the registration deadline, so late athlete entry is not the useful link here. Use the BLV and LADV pages for time plans, participant lists, and updates.

Official links:

June 10, 2026: 4th SCB Throwing Day

Venue: throwing facility / Wurfanlage
Official listing: Werferwettkampf
Best for: field-event people, athletics clubs, coaches, and anyone specifically interested in shot put, discus, and hammer.

The Berlin.de listing calls this a throwing competition. The detailed LADV listing identifies it as the 4. SCB Werfertag at Sportforum Hohenschoenhausen on Wednesday, June 10, 2026, organized and hosted by SC Berlin e.V.

The program is focused on throwing disciplines: shot put, discus, and hammer across youth, junior, senior, and masters categories. LADV lists categories from M12/W12 through U18, U20, U23, men, women, and masters age groups.

Important practical note: the organizer’s notes describe it as an invitation sports festival because of limited capacity. That means this is more of a specialist competition than a casual public festival. It may still be worth watching if you follow athletics, but participants should not assume open registration.

What to expect:

  • This is a compact, technical athletics event.
  • It is not a full track meet; the point is throwing.
  • The best viewing depends on the throwing layout and safety zones, so follow on-site instructions.
  • If you are supporting an athlete, confirm the final schedule close to the date.

Official link:

June 20 and 21, 2026: Berlin Junior European Cup Judo

Venue: large sports hall / Grosse Sporthalle
Official listing: European Cup U21 Judo
Best for: international judo fans, families with judo kids, athletes, coaches, and anyone interested in the next generation of elite judoka.

The European Judo Union lists the event as the Berlin Junior European Cup 2026, taking place in Berlin on June 20 and 21, 2026. The Judo-Verband Berlin describes it as an EJU tournament for U21 judoka from Europe and other continents, hosted by the Berlin judo federation with an international training camp following the competition.

The official event outline lists men’s categories at -60 kg, -66 kg, -73 kg, -81 kg, -90 kg, -100 kg and +100 kg, and women’s categories at -48 kg, -52 kg, -57 kg, -63 kg, -70 kg, -78 kg and +78 kg. Contest duration is four minutes, with golden score listed as no time limit.

The published outline puts accreditation and weigh-ins on Friday, June 19. Competition is split across the weekend:

  • Saturday, June 20: women’s -63, -70, -78, +78 kg and men’s -60, -66, -73 kg.
  • Sunday, June 21: women’s -48, -52, -57 kg and men’s -81, -90, -100, +100 kg.
  • June 22 to 24: Berlin EJU Junior Training Camp follows the cup.

Start times for eliminations and final blocks are marked as dependent on the number of entries, so this is one to check again close to the weekend. For spectators, the final block is usually the easiest part to watch if you want medal fights rather than a full day in the hall.

The Judo-Verband Berlin is also recruiting volunteers for the event, with roles around transport, airport welcome, hall setup, accreditation, entry, security, VIP support, and the post-event training camp. That is a useful signal that this is a substantial international event, not just a local tournament.

Official links:

Also happening: Familiensportfest, June 13 and 14

Berlin.de also highlights the Familiensportfest 2026 at the Sportforum on June 13 and 14. This is not in the same short “current events” list above, but it is one of the most public-facing Sportforum weekends in June.

The Landessportbund Berlin event runs from 10:00 to 17:00 on both days. It brings together hands-on sports activities, demonstrations, stage programming, and the Berliner Jugendfinals, where youth championships in around ten sports are grouped at the Sportforum. Entry is free according to the official event page.

This is probably the best June Sportforum date for families who want to explore the campus without already belonging to a club or following a specific competition.

Official link:

Getting there

Use Sportforum as the transit stop name. The official Berlin page lists:

  • Tram: M13, Sportforum stop, roughly 0.1 km from the site.
  • Bus: N50, Sportforum stop, roughly 0.2 km from the site.

For most visitors, tram is the cleanest option. The campus is large, so once you arrive, give yourself time to find the exact hall or outdoor area.

Tips before visiting

  • Check the exact venue name. “Sportforum” can mean several halls and outdoor areas.
  • For athletics, bring the time plan and look for whether events are in the stadium or at the throwing facility.
  • For judo, watch for final schedule updates after entries close.
  • For family events, arrive earlier in the day if you want easy orientation and less crowd pressure.
  • For ice skating, note that the 2025/2026 public skating season is over; Berlin.de says the 2026/2027 season is expected to start in October 2026.

Sources to check before going

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