Editing Ullevi (section)

===Sport===
The ground opened for the [[1958 FIFA World Cup]] held across Sweden. It hosted four matches in Group D, including a play-off.<ref>{{cite web|title=World Cup 1958 Group D|url=http://www.planetworldcup.com/CUPS/1958/wc58groupd.html|publisher=Planet World Cup}}</ref> It also held a quarter-final, a semi-final and the third-place match. The stadium's record attendance for football is 52,194, set on 3 June 1959 when [[Örgryte IS]] played against [[IFK Göteborg]]. The stadium hosted the [[1983 European Cup Winners' Cup Final]], which saw Scotland's [[Aberdeen F.C.|Aberdeen]] defeat Spanish giants [[Real Madrid F.C.|Real Madrid]] 2–1 after extra time. It also hosted the first leg of the [[1987 UEFA Cup Final]] between IFK Göteborg and [[Dundee United]] of Scotland. The hosts won the game 1-0 thanks to a goal from [[Stefan Pettersson (footballer)|Stefan Pettersson]]. The Swedish side would go on to lift the trophy for the second time in their history after a 1–1 draw at [[Tannadice Park]], [[Dundee]] in the second leg.

It was also the venue for the first game between [[National Football League]] teams to be played on the European continent, organised by Swedish motor company [[Volvo]]. In a pre-season game on 14 August 1988, the [[Minnesota Vikings]] won 28–21 against the [[Chicago Bears]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Lohr|first=Steve|title=Sunday in Sweden: Vikings Beat Bears|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/08/15/sports/sunday-in-sweden-vikings-beat-bears.html|access-date=24 January 2014|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=15 August 1988}}</ref> The [[1990 European Cup Winners' Cup Final]] was also held at the stadium. It saw [[U.C. Sampdoria|Sampdoria]] of Italy defeat [[R.S.C. Anderlecht|Anderlecht]] of Belgium 2-0 after extra-time.<ref>{{cite web|title=European Competitions 1989-90|website=[[RSSSF]]|url=https://www.rsssf.org/ec/ec198990.html|access-date=24 January 2014}}</ref>

Ullevi held three Group B matches at [[UEFA Euro 1992]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Euro '92 Standings|url=http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/season=1992/standings/round=219/group=80/index.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120429001254/http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/season=1992/standings/round=219/group=80/index.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=29 April 2012|publisher=[[UEFA]]|access-date=24 January 2014}}</ref> as well as a semi-final, and the final itself on 26 June in which [[Denmark national football team|Denmark]] won the trophy against [[Germany national football team|Germany]]. The [[2004 UEFA Cup Final]] was held at the stadium on 19 May of that year. [[Valencia CF|Valencia]] of Spain defeated [[Olympique de Marseille|Marseille]] of France, 2–0.<ref>{{cite news|title=Valencia victorious in Gothenburg|url=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/75432--valencia-vs-marseille/|access-date=24 January 2014|newspaper=[[UEFA]]|date=20 May 2004}}</ref> The annual [[Världsungdomsspelen]] (translation: World Youth Games) [[track and field]] competition is held at the stadium and the mass event has around 3000 athletes competing each year.<ref>[https://www.vuspel.se/pdf/VUinbj19eng.pdf Gothenburg Youth Games 28-30/6 2019, Ullevi Arena in Göteborg, Sweden]. Vuspel. Retrieved 2019-08-20.</ref>

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