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| name                = Meiji Hokkaido-Tokachi Oval
| nickname            = Obihiro Forest Speed Skating Oval
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| location            = [[Obihiro]], [[Japan]]
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The '''Meiji Hokkaido-Tokachi Oval''', also known as the Obihiro Forest Speed Skating Oval, is an indoor track for [[speed skating]] in the city of [[Obihiro]] on the island of [[Hokkaido]] in Japan. The hall was opened in September 2009 as the second indoor track in Japan, after [[M-Wave]] in [[Nagano (city)|Nagano]].
The course measures {{convert|79|m|ft}} and is built on the same site as the old artificial track from 1986, the Obihiro No Mori Skating Centre.<ref>[http://www.speedskatingnews.info/en/data/rink/JAOI/ Speed Skating News].</ref>
==Competitions==
The venue has hosted multiple international speed skating competitions.
* [[2010 Asian Speed Skating Championships]]
* [[2010 World Sprint Speed Skating Championships]]
* [[2010–11 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – World Cup 5|World Cup 5]] of the [[2010–11 ISU Speed Skating World Cup]]
* [[2012 World Junior Speed Skating Championships]]
* [[2014–15 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – World Cup 1|World Cup 1]] of the [[2014–15 ISU Speed Skating World Cup]]
* [[Speed skating at the 2017 Asian Winter Games|speed skating competitions]] at the [[2017 Asian Winter Games]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://sapporo2017.org/site/athletics-en/envenueen.html |title=Venues |website=www.sapporo2017.org/ |publisher=Sapporo 2017 Organizing Committee |access-date=29 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161230155953/https://sapporo2017.org/site/athletics-en/envenueen.html |archive-date=30 December 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[2018–19 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – World Cup 1|World Cup 1]] of the [[2018–19 ISU Speed Skating World Cup]]
* [[2023–24 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – World Cup 1|World Cup 1]] of the [[2023–24 ISU Speed Skating World Cup]]
==References==
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[[Category:Indoor arenas in Japan]]
[[Category:Speed skating venues in Japan]]
[[Category:Indoor speed skating venues]]
[[Category:Sports venues in Hokkaido]]
[[Category:Sports venues completed in 2009]]
[[Category:2009 establishments in Japan]]
[[Category:2017 Asian Winter Games Venues]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures in Obihiro]]
[[Category:Sport in Obihiro]]
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