Editing Gothenburg (section)

=== Sports ===
[[File:Fyrverkeri på Gothia.jpg|thumb|Fireworks at the opening ceremony of Gothia Cup]]
As in all of Sweden, a variety of sports are followed, including [[association football|football]], [[ice hockey]], basketball, [[handball]], [[floorball]], [[pesäpallo|baseball]], and [[figure skating]]. A varied amateur and professional sports clubs scene exists.<ref>{{cite web |title=Evenemang |url=http://www.goteborg.com/evenemang/?page=1&tags=5555&startdate=&enddate=&datetype=&view=listing&sort=a-z |website=goteborg.com |publisher=Göteborgs Turistbyrå |access-date=3 September 2015 |archive-date=24 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924023215/http://www.goteborg.com/evenemang/?page=1&tags=5555&startdate=&enddate=&datetype=&view=listing&sort=a-z |url-status=live}}</ref>

Gothenburg is the birthplace of [[football in Sweden]] as the [[first football match in Sweden]] was played there in 1892.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Jerneryd |first1=Roland |title=Hur idrotten kom till stan: Göteborgs idrottshistoria 1800–1950 |date=1981 |publisher=Göteborgs Hembygdsförbund |location=Gothenburg |page=154 |id={{LIBRIS|305172}}|series=Göteborg förr och nu, 0348-2189; 15 |language=sv}}</ref> The city's three major football clubs, [[IFK Göteborg]], [[Örgryte IS]], and [[GAIS]]<ref>{{cite web |last1=Jönsson |first1=Ingemar |title=Den första storhetstiden |url=http://www.ifkgoteborg.se/Om-IFK-Goteborg/Presentation/Historik/1906-1910/ |website=ifkgoteborg.se |publisher=[[IFK Göteborg]] |access-date=3 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924044549/http://www.ifkgoteborg.se/Om-IFK-Goteborg/Presentation/Historik/1906-1910/ |archive-date=24 September 2015 }}</ref> share a total of 34 Swedish championships between them.<ref>{{cite web |title=Swedish champions since 1896. |url=https://svenskfotboll.se/allsvenskan/historik/ |website=svenskfotboll.se |publisher=[[Swedish Football Association]] |access-date=3 September 2015 |archive-date=2 December 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091202133827/http://svenskfotboll.se/allsvenskan/historik/ |url-status=live}}</ref> IFK has also won the [[UEFA Cup]] twice.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablese/ec3b.html |title=UEFA Cup |publisher=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation (RSSSF) |date=18 May 2007 |access-date=3 September 2015 |archive-date=3 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303191321/http://www.rsssf.com/tablese/ec3b.html |url-status=live}}</ref> Other notable clubs include [[BK Häcken]] (football),<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bkhacken.se/index.php/om-bk-hacken/historik/ |title=Historik |publisher=[[BK Häcken]] |access-date=3 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091006085721/http://www.bkhacken.se/index.php/om-bk-hacken/historik/ |archive-date=6 October 2009 }}</ref> [[Göteborg HC]] (women's ice hockey), [[Pixbo IBK]] ([[floorball]]),<ref>{{cite web |last1=Into |first1=Miika |title=Final HJ18 Pixbo Wallenstam IBF – Lindome IBK |url=http://goteborgcupinnebandy.cups.nu/final-hj18-pixbo-wallenstam-ibf---lindome-ibk |website=goteborgcupinnebandy.cups.nu |publisher=Göteborg Cup Innebandy |date=3 May 2015 |access-date=3 September 2015 |archive-date=22 December 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222103719/http://goteborgcupinnebandy.cups.nu/final-hj18-pixbo-wallenstam-ibf---lindome-ibk |url-status=live}}</ref> multiple national handball champion [[Redbergslids IK]],<ref>{{cite web |last1=Holmqvist |first1=Mattias |title=Pojkar A – Steg 3 |url=http://www.svenskhandboll.se/USM/Expertpaneler/PojkarA-Steg3/ |website=svenskhandboll.se |publisher=[[Swedish Handball Federation]] |access-date=3 September 2015 |archive-date=24 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924112539/http://www.svenskhandboll.se/USM/Expertpaneler/PojkarA-Steg3/ }}</ref> and five-time national ice hockey champion [[Frölunda HC]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Frölunda HC nyheter |url=http://www.hockeynyheter.se/shl/frolunda-hc |website=hockeynyheter.se |publisher=HockeyNyheter.se |access-date=3 September 2015 |archive-date=22 December 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222153350/http://www.hockeynyheter.se/shl/frolunda-hc |url-status=live}}</ref> Gothenburg had a professional basketball team, [[Gothia Basket]], until 2010 when it ceased.<ref>{{cite web |title=Publiken sviker – Elitlaget Gothia basket läggs ner |url=https://www.svt.se/sport/publiken-sviker-elitlaget-gothia-basket-laggs-ner |website=svt.se |date=7 May 2010 |publisher=[[Sveriges Television]] |access-date=3 September 2015 |archive-date=24 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924151215/http://www.svt.se/sport/publiken-sviker-elitlaget-gothia-basket-laggs-ner |url-status=live}}</ref> The [[bandy]] department of GAIS, [[GAIS Bandy]], played the first season in the highest division [[Elitserien (bandy)|Elitserien]] last season. The group stage match between the main rivals [[Sweden national bandy team|Sweden]] and [[Russia national bandy team|Russia]] in the [[2013 Bandy World Championship]] was played at [[Heden|Arena Heden]] in central Gothenburg.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=sv&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.worldbandy.com%2Fwcs%2Ftemplate1.asp%3Fpid%3D15%26mid%3D79%26pageid%3D84%26t%3DArena%2520Heden |title=Google Translate |access-date=12 March 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170117031809/https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=sv&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.worldbandy.com%2Fwcs%2Ftemplate1.asp%3Fpid%3D15%26mid%3D79%26pageid%3D84%26t%3DArena%2520Heden |archive-date=17 January 2017 }}</ref>

The city's most notable sports venues are [[Scandinavium]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Scandinavium Arena |url=http://www.goteborg2013.com/competition/scandinavium/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130127064205/http://www.goteborg2013.com/competition/scandinavium/ |archive-date=27 January 2013 |website=goteborg2013.com |publisher=go:teborg2013 |access-date=3 September 2015}}</ref> and Ullevi (multisport) and the newly built [[Gamla Ullevi]]<ref>{{cite web |author=Gamla Ullevi |website=Higabgruppen |url=http://www.higab.se/fotbollsarenan/default.asp |title=Välkommen till "Fotbollsarenan" |language=sv |access-date=8 February 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090316031257/http://www.higab.se/fotbollsarenan/default.asp |archive-date=16 March 2009}}</ref> (football).

The [[2003 World Allround Speed Skating Championships]] were held in Rudhallen, [[List of indoor speed skating rinks|Sweden's only indoor speed-skating arena]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=TT |title=Ny tävlingsdräkt ska ge medaljplats i skridsko-VM |url=http://www.expressen.se/sport/ny-tavlingsdrakt-ska-ge-medaljplats-i-skridsko-vm/ |website=Expressen |publisher={{Lang|sv|[[Expressen]]}} |date=8 February 2007 |access-date=3 September 2015 |archive-date=24 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924150450/http://www.expressen.se/sport/ny-tavlingsdrakt-ska-ge-medaljplats-i-skridsko-vm/ |url-status=live}}</ref> It is a part of Ruddalens&nbsp;IP, which also has a bandy field and several football fields.<ref>{{cite web |title=Ruddalens IP (plan) |url=https://svenskfotboll.se/elitettan/spelprogram/?scr=venue&faid=2323 |website=svenskfotboll.se |publisher=[[Swedish Football Association]] |access-date=3 September 2015 |archive-date=4 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304221250/http://svenskfotboll.se/elitettan/spelprogram/?scr=venue&faid=2323 |url-status=live}}</ref>

The only Swedish heavyweight champion of the world in boxing, [[Ingemar Johansson]], who took the title from Floyd Paterson in 1959, was from Gothenburg.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Litsky |first1=Frank |title=Ingemar Johansson, Who Beat Patterson for Heavyweight Title, Dies at 76 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/01/sports/othersports/01johansson.html?pagewanted=all&_r=1 |work=The New York Times |date=31 January 2009 |access-date=3 September 2015 |archive-date=18 July 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160718001641/http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/01/sports/othersports/01johansson.html?pagewanted=all&_r=1 |url-status=live}}</ref>

[[File:Båtar vid Saltholmen.jpg|thumb|left|Boats at Saltholmen in the Gothenburg archipelago]]
Gothenburg has hosted a number of international sporting events including the [[1958 FIFA World Cup]],<ref name=Summerburst /> the [[1983 European Cup Winners' Cup Final]],<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-22456162 |title=Fergie's greatest triumph? – How Aberdeen conquered European football |work=[[BBC News]] |date=9 May 2013 |access-date=18 May 2020 |archive-date=12 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112032810/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-22456162 |url-status=live}}</ref> an [[National Football League|NFL]] preseason game on 14{{nbsp}}August 1988 between the [[Chicago Bears]] and the [[Minnesota Vikings]],<ref>{{cite web |last1=Lohr |first1=Steve |title=Sunday in Sweden: Vikings Beat Bears |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/08/15/sports/sunday-in-sweden-vikings-beat-bears.html |website=[[The New York Times]] |date=15 August 1988 |access-date=11 September 2015 |archive-date=3 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150903235351/http://www.nytimes.com/1988/08/15/sports/sunday-in-sweden-vikings-beat-bears.html |url-status=live}}</ref> the [[1992 European Football Championship]], the 1993<ref>{{cite web |last1=Krastev |first1=Todor |title=Men Handball XIII World Championship 1993 Sweden 10.03–20.03 – Champion Russia |url=http://todor66.com/handball/World/Men_1993.html |website=todor66.com |publisher=Todor Krastev |access-date=11 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150922001404/http://www.todor66.com/handball/World/Men_1993.html |archive-date=22 September 2015}}</ref> and the 2002 [[World Men's Handball Championship]],<ref name=got>{{cite web |title=Världsmästerskap och Europamästerskap i Scandinavium |url=http://www.gotevent.se/arenafakta/SCA_masterskap.asp |website=gotevent.se |publisher=Got Event |access-date=11 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150415062123/http://www.gotevent.se/arenafakta/SCA_masterskap.asp |archive-date=15 April 2015}}</ref> the [[1995 World Championships in Athletics]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Svenskar på VM |url=http://www.friidrott.se/historik/internationellt/VM.aspx |website=friidrott.se |publisher=Svenska Friidrottsförbundet |access-date=11 September 2015 |archive-date=11 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150911041937/http://www.friidrott.se/historik/internationellt/VM.aspx |url-status=live}}</ref> the 1997 World Championships in Swimming (short track),<ref>{{cite web |last1=Whitten |first1=Phillip |title=Swimming in 1997 |url=http://global.britannica.com/sports/swimming-sport-Year-In-Review-1997 |work=[[Encyclopædia Britannica]]|access-date=11 September 2015}}</ref> the 2002 [[Ice Hockey World Championships]],<ref name="got" /> the 2004 UEFA Cup final,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.uefa.com/newsfiles/uefacup/2003/75432_FR.pdf |title=Full Time Report |publisher=UEFA |date=19 May 2004 |access-date=11 September 2015 |archive-date=9 June 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160609192054/http://www.uefa.com/newsfiles/uefacup/2003/75432_FR.pdf |url-status=live}}</ref> the [[2006 European Championships in Athletics]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Tidsprogram med svenska ögon |url=http://www.friidrott.se/ovrigt/tidsprogram/em06swetp.aspx |website=friidrott.se |publisher=Svenska Friidrottsförbundet |access-date=11 September 2015 |archive-date=23 October 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151023162252/http://www.friidrott.se/ovrigt/tidsprogram/em06swetp.aspx |url-status=live}}</ref> and the [[2008 World Figure Skating Championships]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Lysacek withdraws from world championships |url=http://web.icenetwork.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080313&content_id=45647&vkey=ice_pressrelease |website=icenetwork.com |publisher=Ice Network |access-date=11 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303200216/http://web.icenetwork.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080313&content_id=45647&vkey=ice_pressrelease |archive-date=3 March 2016 }}</ref> Annual events held in the city are the [[Gothia Cup]]<ref>{{cite news |title=World's largest youth soccer cup gets underway in Gothenburg |url=http://sverigesradio.se/sida/artikel.aspx?programid=2054&artikel=6211186# |newspaper=Sveriges Radio |date=14 July 2015 |publisher=[[SR International – Radio Sweden]] |access-date=11 September 2015 |archive-date=31 July 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150731183952/http://sverigesradio.se/sida/artikel.aspx?programid=2054&artikel=6211186 |url-status=live}}</ref> and the [[Göteborgsvarvet]].<ref name=vastra>{{cite web |title=Facts and figures about Västra Götaland |url=http://www.lansstyrelsen.se/vastragotaland/SiteCollectionDocuments/Sv/publikationer/broschyrer-foldrar/vastra-gotaland-eng.pdf |website=lansstyrelsen.se |publisher=Västra Götaland County administrative boards |access-date=11 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160629150352/http://www.lansstyrelsen.se/vastragotaland/SiteCollectionDocuments/Sv/publikationer/broschyrer-foldrar/vastra-gotaland-eng.pdf |archive-date=29 June 2016 }}</ref> The annual [[Gothia Cup]], is the world's largest football tournament with regards to the number of participants: in 2011, a total of 35,200 players from 1,567 teams and 72 nations participated.

Gothenburg hosted the XIII&nbsp;[[FINA World Masters Championships]] in 2010.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Finamasters.org |url=http://www.2010finamasters.org/touchdown-las-mujeres-espana/ |access-date=21 November 2021 |website=Finamasters.org |language=es |archive-date=6 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210506214415/http://www.2010finamasters.org/touchdown-las-mujeres-espana/ |url-status=live}}</ref> Diving, swimming, synchronized swimming and open-water competitions were held on 28{{nbsp}}July to 7{{nbsp}}August. The water polo events were played on the neighboring city of [[Borås]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Den 27 juli — 6 augusti 2010 arrangerades Världsmästerskapen i masterssimning i Göteborg, Mölndal och Borås. |url=http://www.boras.se/forvaltningar/fritidsochfolkhalsoforvaltningen/fritidsochfolkhalsoforvaltningen/error/mastersvm.4.63fbc1fa126f45b1ad78000137756.html |website=boras.se |publisher=[[Borås Municipality]] |access-date=11 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151022160121/http://www.boras.se/forvaltningar/fritidsochfolkhalsoforvaltningen/fritidsochfolkhalsoforvaltningen/error/mastersvm.4.63fbc1fa126f45b1ad78000137756.html |archive-date=22 October 2015}}</ref>

Gothenburg is also home to the Gothenburg Sharks, a professional baseball team in the [[Elitserien (baseball)|Elitserien]] division of baseball in Sweden.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Mikulski |first1=Lisa |title=US baseball players look to create a field of dreams in Gothenburg |url=http://www.thelocal.se/20130530/48204 |website=thelocal.se |date=30 May 2013 |publisher=The Local |access-date=3 September 2015 |archive-date=4 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304070538/http://www.thelocal.se/20130530/48204 |url-status=live}}</ref>

With around 25,000 sailboats and yachts scattered about the city, sailing is a popular sports activity in the region, particularly because of the nearby Gothenburg archipelago.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Eliasson |first1=Carina |title=Fritidsbåtar hotar skärgården |url=http://science.gu.se/aktuellt/nyheter/Nyheter+Detalj/fritidsbatar-hotar-skargarden.cid1095258 |website=science.gu.se |publisher=[[University of Gothenburg]] |date=7 September 2012 |access-date=3 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304134611/http://science.gu.se/aktuellt/nyheter/Nyheter+Detalj/fritidsbatar-hotar-skargarden.cid1095258 |archive-date=4 March 2016 }}</ref> In June 2015, the [[Volvo Ocean Race]], professional sailing's leading crewed offshore race, concluded in Gothenburg,<ref>{{cite news |last1=Littorin |first1=Jens |last2=Edström |first2=Cecilia |title=Live: Se målgången i Volvo Ocean Race |url=https://www.dn.se/sport/live-se-malgangen-i-volvo-ocean-race/ |newspaper=Dagens Nyheter |publisher={{Lang|sv|[[Dagens Nyheter]]}} |date=22 June 2015 |access-date=11 September 2015 |archive-date=23 June 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150623053432/http://www.dn.se/sport/live-se-malgangen-i-volvo-ocean-race/ |url-status=live}}</ref> as well as an event in the 2015–2016 [[America's Cup World Series]] in August 2015.<ref>{{cite web |title=Louis Vuitton America's Cup World Series Goteborg |url=http://gkss.se/Kappsegling/gkss-kappseglingsprogram-2015/americas-cup-world-series/ |website=gkss.se |publisher=[[Royal Gothenburg Yacht Club]] |access-date=11 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150814202643/http://gkss.se/Kappsegling/gkss-kappseglingsprogram-2015/americas-cup-world-series/ |archive-date=14 August 2015}}</ref>

The [[Gadk|Gothenburg Amateur Diving Club]] (Göteborgs amatördykarklubb) has been operating since October 1938.