Gothia Cup
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| Founded | 1975 |
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| Television broadcasters | Viasat |
| Website | http://www.gothiacup.se/ |
The Gothia Cup is an international youth football tournament organized by professional football club BK Häcken, which has been held annually since 1975 in Gothenburg, Sweden. Considered the biggest tournament in the world in terms of participating teams, competing youth teams throughout the world enter the competition.
The opening ceremony and finals are held at Ullevi, Gothenburg.
Spanning one week Gothia Cup is a youth football tournament held annually in Gothenburg, Sweden, open for both boys and girls of ages 11 to 19 years. With regards to the number of participants, it is the world's largest football tournament: in 2011, a total of 35,200 players from 1567 teams and 72 nations participated. In 2016, 1761 teams from 80 nations participated. Gothia Cup started in 1975 with 275 participating teams. In July each year, the event becomes the dominant event in Gothenburg, with (as of 2006) 4,320 games played on 91 fields, and 300,000 visitors to the center on Heden. According to the tourist authorities of Gothenburg, the 2006 Gothia Cup generated 282 million Swedish kronor in tourist income for Gothenburg city and 118 million kronor in tax income for Sweden.
Teams from many countries participate. These include Sweden, Republic of Ireland, Hungary, Poland, Germany, Austria, Norway, Finland, the United States, Switzerland, Belgium, Luxemburg, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Iceland, France, Bolivia, Denmark, Canada, Australia, Philippines, Bangladesh, Malaysia, Thailand, Mongolia, Kenya, India, Mexico, El Salvador, Guatemala, Venezuela, Colombia, Peru, Argentina, Brazil, England, China, Zambia, Uganda, Tanzania, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic, Morocco, Sudan, Jordan, Iraq, Algeria, Lebanon, Liberia, Russia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Moldavia, Ukraine, the Czech Republic, Romania, Latvia, Estonia, Lithuania, Republic of Macedonia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Spain, Greece, Syria, Malta, Montenegro, Croatia, Turkey, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Slovakia, Serbia, Singapore, Taiwan, the district of Hong Kong, Albania, Belarus, Bermuda, Israel, Malawi, Botswana, Bahrain, and Pakistan, etc.
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