[2] Organised by the Association of the Balkan Athletics Federations (ABAF), it is typically held in February.
[3][4][5] The competition complemented the long-running annual outdoor track and field tournament: the Balkan Games.
[6] It received strong support from the Hellenic Amateur Athletic Association – until 2002, the Peace and Friendship Stadium in Piraeus,[7][8] Greece was the permanent host, as this was the only international standard indoor track and field arena in the region at that point.
The Peania Indoors Arena, in the Metropolitan area of the Greek capital, took on hosting duties from 2003 to 2006, then began alternating with the Faliro, Piraeus stadium.
[9] The event was continued in 2012 with Turkey as the new host nation, which had built the Ataköy Athletics Arena for the 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships.