Gothia Cup

Gothia Cup is a youth association football tournament held annually in Gothenburg, Sweden, open for both boys and girls of ages 11 to 19 years. With regards to the number of participants, it is the world's largest football tournament: in 2011, a total of 35,200 players from 1567 teams and 72 nations participated. Gothia Cup started in 1975 with 275 participating teams.
Spanning one week in July each year, the event becomes the dominant event in Gothenburg, with (as of 2006) 4,320 games played on 91 fields, and 300,000 visitors to the centre on Heden. According to the tourist authorities of Gothenburg, the 2006 Gothia Cup generated 282 million Swedish kronor in tourist income for Gothenburg city and 118 million kronor in tax income for Sweden.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gothia_Cup



Opening Ceremony 2012




live games

unfortunately u can't watch live games...but the results are reported live on this website
http://results.gothiacup.se/2012/latest

Gothia cup disco What players do after the game


Malaysia only send out two teams to participate in this tournament, in the past we had sent 3 teams before. KL Youth Soccer and ZA'BA will be representing our country in Gothia cup 2012

KL Youth Soccer http://results.gothiacup.se/2012/team/780965


ZA'BA http://results.gothiacup.se/2012/team/788567


KL Youth Soccer Day 1 result
*B = Boys ( we didnt send Girls team)
Match results on Day 1: B12 won 2-1. B14 lost 1-0. B15 lost 2-0. B18 lost 1-0

ZA'BA Day 1 result
B16 won 2-0 against CECAP Cruz Azul from Mexico

Group 9 B18 Current Standing
Team
1 IFK Mariestad
2 U.D. La Mosca
3 SV Rugenbergen
4 KL Youth Soccer

Group 13 B16 Current Standing
Team
1 SK Vard Haugesund 1
2 CECAP Cruz Azul
3 ZA'BA 1
4 FBK Karlstad

Erm i am not gonna post all the group stage standings because there are ...36 groups and 7 age groups..

have fun!