The tournament this year was to be characterized by revenge. That we all agreed on already at an early stage. After the last year that totally rained away it was high priority to carry out the event perfectly. In addition to this the tournament celebrated the Gothia Cup 25th Anniversary, and this of course increased the motivation to do something really particular.
But as usual most of it depends on the weather. On Wednesday noon Gothenburg was reached by several heavy rainfalls. First later in the evening the weather was clearing up and it was to establish the fact that a majority of the playing fields would not be useable on Thursday. Among others Kviberg was affected, that during heavy rain is being considerably damaged.
In total approx. 700 matches had to be moved. Not even worth mentioning if comparing with 1800 the year before.
34.000 spectators
Enough about the weather and rather pass to something else, that really turned out well. The Opening Ceremony in front of 34000 spectators was most probably the best one ever. the leaders Party at Skandinavium with 1800 guests got the highest score ever. The match between IFK Göteborg and Lazio attracted close to 38000 spectators and offered at least one half of great football. The anniversary party at the fortress of Marstrand was a great enjoyment.
The heroes from Togo
From the final play we will surely remember an excellent, technically skilled and happy team from Togo that beat any adversary. Let’s neither forget the Tahuichi edition of this year. One of the best ever. And yes, there finally was the revenge that everybody hoped for. And of course the opportunity was grasped to beat record in number of participating teams. After all, it was anniversary
