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== Sports == [[File:Bandyfinal2010 hammarby celebration.jpg|thumb|Celebrations after the 2010 national [[bandy]] final at [[Studenternas IP]]]] The largest arena in Uppsala is [[Fyrishov]] and is Sweden's fourth most visited, specialized in swimming, sports events, meetings and recreation. The facility includes areas for indoor sports, summer sport and a generous waterpark with waterslides, 50-meter pool, training pool, relaxation area and a large outdoor swimming pool. Accommodation is offered at the Fyrishov cabin area, and at the resort restaurants a good lunch or dinner can be enjoyed. Fyrishov AB's business also includes the operation of Gottsundabadet in which there is a 25-metre pool, a 10-metre children's pool and gym. The entire facility is open all year round and a large number of meetings and various events are held here annually. In addition to activities within the arena Fyrishov AB runs Tävlingsstaden Uppsala in a collaboration between the sports organizers, Fyrishov AB, Uppsala, Uppsala Tourism and hotel business. Co-founded in 2006 by Fyrishov AB under the name SM-town Uppsala in 2007 but was expanded to include international events and competitions at high national level. The project aims to develop Uppsala, a leading sports town in Sweden. In 2009 there were 24 SM-competitions and major national and international competitions in Uppsala. At Fyrishov the city's basketball team [[Uppsala Basket]] also plays, former KFUM Uppsala, their home games in the Swedish basketball league. There are also athletic club Uppsala, Uppsala, fencing club, Uppsala Judo Club, Sweden's oldest judo club, Uppsala volleyball companion, Upsala weightlifting club and [[Upsala Simsällskap]], one of the world's oldest swimmingclubs. The sport that draws the most audience is floorball. Uppsala's two teams in the Swedish Super League, Storvreta IBK and IK Sirius IBK, have Fyrishov as their home. One of the most classical sports events, the [[Swedish bandy champions|Swedish bandy final]], took place at [[Studenternas IP]] 1991–2012. After being played indoors in Stockholm 2013–2017, from 2018 it is again played in Uppsala. It usually attracts a spectator crowd of more than 20,000.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYyN8q44mX8 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130721075219/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYyN8q44mX8| archive-date=2013-07-21 | url-status=dead|title=Edsbyn Sandviken SM – Final in Upssala |publisher=YouTube |access-date=9 May 2010}}</ref> Once every year, the Uppsala Union of Science and Engineering Students arrange a river rafting in the Fyris river with rafts built from styrofoam. Other sports clubs located in Uppsala include: * [[Dalkurd FF]] * [[Almtuna IS]] * [[Gamla Upsala SK]] * [[IF Vindhemspojkarna]] * [[IK Sirius]] * [[IK Sirius Fotboll]] * [[Unik FK]] * [[Upsala IF]] * [[Uppsala Judoklubb]] * [[Uppsala 86ers]], American football club * [[Upsala Fäktning]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.upsalafaktning.se/|title=Upsala Fäktning|website=UpsalaFaktning.se}}</ref> fencing club * [[Upsala allmänna schacksällskap]] (UASS), chess club * [[Uppsala Akademiska Roddarsällskap]] (UARS), rowing club
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