Basketball in Chișinău has no single flagship arena — it is played scattered across the city, at private academies, inside a multi-sport complex, at a children's sports school, and on courts the City Hall built. The list below gathers six clubs and academies, plus three public courts, each confirmed directly against a public source, checked in September 2026.
Basketball clubs and academies in Chișinău
Four private academies and one sports school appear in a basketball-focused roundup published by #diez; Speranța's address and phone number match exactly on aiCopil as well.
| Place | Address | Phone |
|---|---|---|
| Royal Basketball | str. Mihail Sadoveanu 26 | 067 148 056 |
| Admirals Basketball Academy | str. Gheorghe Madan 44/1 | 068 091 061 |
| BAM Basket | str. Studenților 11 · str. Sarmizegetusa 48/3 · str. Nicolae Costin 48/3 | 076 574 411 |
| Anatolii Pervanciuc Sports Academy | str. Iuri Gagarin 14 | 079 414 018 |
| Speranța Sports School | str. Ion Creangă 47/2, Buiucani | 022 745 555 |
At Speranța, basketball is taught alongside volleyball, gymnastics and wrestling — 72 training groups, 874 students in total, according to the school's own description.
BAM Basket trains across three different neighborhoods
Unlike the other academies on this list, BAM Basket operates out of three addresses — Studenților 11, Sarmizegetusa 48/3 and Nicolae Costin 48/3 — under the same phone number. If you call, ask directly which of the three halls your group trains at, so you don't turn up at the wrong one.
Olimpia — basketball alongside four other sports
The Olimpia sports complex, on Bulevardul Decebal 72, runs a basketball section alongside volleyball, freestyle wrestling, artistic and rhythmic gymnastics, and tennis, according to the page listing it on afișa.md. The same page publishes prices for gymnastics (100 lei a month), boxing (200 lei a month) and tennis (400–450 lei a month), but not for basketball — call 022 550 043 for an exact price.
The public courts the City Hall built
Chișinău City Hall built two basketball courts in apartment courtyards — on D. Râșcanu street 11 and Grădinilor street 58 — from a combined budget of 1,775,837 lei, which also covered a mini-football pitch on the Studenților lane 7/1. These are neighborhood courts, meant for the residents around them, not clubs with a schedule or bookings — there's no one to call ahead, you just go.
The multi-use court in La Izvor Park
Next to the FMF Sports Complex in La Izvor Park, right by the beach football stadium, sits an enclosed, artificial-surface multi-use court shared between volleyball and basketball. It's open daily from 8:00 to 23:00, has floodlights for evening play, and is booked online through rezervare.fmf.md. The rules require a minimum of four players to book it for basketball, and rentals run in blocks of one to two hours — it's not a court you can hold on your own.
The courtyard courts and the one in La Izvor Park each have a single hoop on half a court — that's the 3x3 format, not 5x5. If you're not sure how scoring or the shot clock work in that format, 3x3 basketball rules explains it briefly, for the kind of game actually played on the courts above.
This list isn't exhaustive — it includes only places confirmed directly against a source fetched this run. Other halls or academies in the city may also train basketball, but without a verified public source, they don't appear here. Three different halls at BAM Basket likely means better coverage of the surrounding neighborhoods, but also one more reason to confirm the exact address by phone before you leave home.
Sporta MD covers football, basketball, volleyball and tennis today. The list above isn't a substitute for calling ahead — especially at the private academies, where training schedules change from one season to the next.