54th Tournament
Dates: June 30 – July 5
Participating teams: 1,267
Participants: 23,000
Number of nations: 35 (all inhabited continents represented)
National teams in the European Open Championship M19: 11 nations
Group A: Iceland, Spain, Poland, Lithuania, Estonia, and Egypt
Group B: Sweden, Croatia, Faroe Islands, Netherlands, and Finland
Number of schools: 40
Number of hotels: 15
Age groups: 8–21 years
Average age: 15 years
Largest category: Girls 16 (114 teams)
Boys' teams: 609 (48%)
Girls' teams: 654 (52%)
Swedish teams: 651 (51%)
International teams: 616 (49%)
Matches played: 4,309
Livestreamed matches: 2,600
Referees: 260, of which 99 are women (35%)
Total staff/volunteers: 1,780
PARTILLE CUP since its inception in 1970
Total teams: 34,931
Total participants: 616,000
Nations represented: 97
Continents: 6
Presenting Partner: Fristads
Official Partners: Toyota, Hummel, NEH, Kopparbergs Brewery, Liseberg, Triumf Glass, Cilia, Norrmejerier, Samsung
Visitors to Heden Center 2024: Approximately 360,000 people
Tourism industry revenue in Gothenburg: SEK 300 million
*/ Source: Göteborg & Co, 2022.
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