![Gothia Cup 2010 - Fireworks [HD]](http://web.archive.org./web/20110908054346im_/http://i.ytimg.com/vi/jY60O45TKRc/0.jpg "Gothia Cup 2010 - Fireworks [HD]")
Spanning one week 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 centre 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 several countries participate. These include Kenya, France, Austria, Switzerland, Belgium, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Norway, Iceland, Bolivia, Denmark, Finland, Sweden, United States, Canada, Australia, Philippines, Bangladesh, Malaysia, Thailand, Mongolia, India, Germany, Mexico, El Salvador, Guatemala, Venezuela, Colombia, Peru, Argentina, Brazil, England, Zambia, Uganda, Tanzania, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Morocco, Sudan, Palestine, Jordan, Iraq, Algeria, Lebanon, Russia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Armenia, Moldavia, Ukraine, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland, Romania, Latvia, Estonia, Lithuania, Hungary, Republic of Macedonia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Spain, Greece, Malta, Serbia, Montenegro, Croatia, Turkey, Indonesia, and Italy.
The opening ceremony and finals are held on Ullevi.
Category:Gothenburg Category:Sport in Gothenburg Football (association) Category:International club association football competitions in Europe
This text is licensed under the Creative Commons CC-BY-SA License. This text was originally published on Wikipedia and was developed by the Wikipedia community.
