The Gothia Cup is the world’s largest and most international youth football tournament. Approximately 1500 teams participate every year. About 700 of these teams are from other countries outside Sweden. USA, Norway, England, Brazil and Germany are the countries with most participation but 60 nations are usually represented in the tournament.
This year it seems that the world’s most international youth tournament becomes even more international. There are 20% more teams registered from outside Sweden for the edition of 2010. This compared to last year’s number of registered teams from abroad right around these days.
”The Gothia Cup has become a very strong trade mark around the world and this is manifested every year” says Niclas Andersson, marketing manager. ” The fact that every year we manage to increase the number of teams from abroad is fantastic. Gothia Cup is the meeting point for the world’s youth and a dream for many young footballers around the world. More teams from abroad means that more dreams are coming true”.
Two new nations that have never participated before, are ready for the 2010 edition. These nations are Qatar and Syria. You can see the list of nations registered for 2010 here.
