Ryavallen

Coordinates: 57°44′09″N 12°56′06″E / 57.735724°N 12.934921°E / 57.735724; 12.934921
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Ryavallen
sports ground
Capacity12 000
Construction
Opened17 August 1941 (1941-08-17)
Renovated2005, 2012
Tenants
IF Elfsborg (1941–2004)
Norrby IF

Ryavallen is a

track and field athletics
.

History

It was inaugurated on 17 August 1941 with a soccer game where

USSR and Austria, and between England
and Austria.

The record attendance is 22,654 spectators, when IF Elfsborg played IFK Norrköping in 1961. After Elfsborg had left the arena, the north stand was replaced by an indoor athletics hall. Ryavallen is currently used mostly for athletics.

The Ryavallen was a venue for motorcycle speedway and hosted the 1972 and 1973 Speedway World Pairs Championship finals and the 1972 Swedish Individual Speedway Championship.[2]

As of today (June 2016), Ryavallen has a seating capacity of circa 12 000 spectators.[3]

Image gallery

References

  1. ^ Jonas Lidén (18 April 2005). "Dagen efter" (in Swedish). Svenska fans. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  2. ISBN 0-86215-017-5
    .
  3. ^ Marita Andersson. "Ryavallen" (in Swedish). IK Ymer. Retrieved 22 November 2016.

External links

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