Brännbollscupen is an annual competition of

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, organised by IKSU. Brännboll is a Scandinavian game similar to

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. Brännbollscupen was first arranged in 1974 with 44 participating teams. Throughout the years the tournament has grown to over 1000 participating teams. Since 1997, the contest has World Cup status. Brännbollscupen is always played the last weekend of May. When the sun sets and it is too dark to play brännboll, the festival Brännbollsyran takes place.

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Västerbottens-Kuriren (also known as VK) is a Swedish language, Swedish newspaper founded in 1900. It is published in Umeå, Västerbotten, Sweden. The newspaper covers regional news from the Västerbotten region (with the exception of the municipalities Malå Munici ...

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