Heden is a ballcourt and public space and square in the centre of

Gothenburg Gothenburg (; abbreviated Gbg; sv, Göteborg ) is the second-largest city in Sweden, fifth-largest in the Nordic countries, and capital of the Västra Götaland County. It is situated by the Kattegat, on the west coast of Sweden, and has ...

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. Football matches are played there in the run-up to the final of the

Gothia Cup The Gothia Cup () is an international youth association football tournament organized by professional football club BK Häcken, which has been held annually since 1975 in Gothenburg, Sweden. Considered the biggest tournament in the world in terms ...

. The final is played at

Ullevi Ullevi, sometimes known as Nya Ullevi (, ''New Ullevi''), is a multi-purpose stadium in Gothenburg, Sweden. It was built for the 1958 FIFA World Cup, but since then has also hosted the World Allround Speed Skating Championships six times; the ...

. Also the largest handball tournament in the world is played there during the summer:

Partille Cup Partille Cup, started by the handball club IK Sävehof, is the world's largest annual tournament in handball in terms of number of participants. The tournament is played every year during one week in July by young people in the ages between 10 and ...

, when Heden is transformed to a handball festival with over 50 playing fields and 15,000 players. An artificial

bandy Bandy is a winter sport and ball sport played by two teams wearing ice skates on a large ice surface (either indoors or outdoors) while using sticks to direct a ball into the opposing team's goal. The international governing body for bandy is ...

ice has recently been established and

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play their home matches there. At the 2013 Bandy World Championship, the group match between

and

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was played at the Heden arena.Image showing Sweden and playing each other at the 2013 Bandy World Championship
/ref> Before its public use, Heden was a military ground where they used to drill soldiers (Excersis''heden'').

References

Sources

Gothia Cup Facts & Stats

Partille Cup week programme

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