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Let´s meet in Göteborg, April 1997

Sweden and Göteborg welcome you to the 3rd Swimming World Short Course Championships the 17-20 of April 1997. The competitions will be held in Scandinavium, one of the largest indoor arenas i Scandinavia. There we will build a pool with the same size as in Valhallabadet, the competition pool for the European Cup in 1982. This will assure a very special feeling for the athletes, officials, representatives for media and spectators. Anything like this has never been done.

In December 1993 the 1st Swimming World Short Course Championships was held in an indoor pool in Palma de Mallorca, Spain. Two years later a pool was built at the famous beach Copacabana in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, for the 2nd Swimming World Short Course Championships. The 3rd in Göteborg will be a mix of Palma and Rio. The difference is that the Championships will be held in April. Therefore all the world best swimmers can participate as the NCAA Championships are held in March. Many of the best swimmers in the world study and swim at various universities in the USA. In April they can be in Göteborg for an excellent performance closing the short course season.

But we have choosen Göteborg as a competition site also for other reasons. The Scandinavium is situated in the centre of Göteborg and everything, just everything, is within walking distance from the pool. The hotels are just some hundred meters away, both for the delegates, officials, athletes and representatives of the media. Just a few minutes walk from the hotels you will find restaurants of all kinds, shopping, theaters, cinemas, concerthalls and other facilities you might be interested in.

We would also like to point at the easy access to Göteborg, by air, ferry or rail and the fact that almost everybody in Göteborg speeks English. In 1982 Göteborg hosted the European Cup in Swimming and since the World- and European Championships in various sports, i.e. European Championships in football and in 1995 the World Championships in Athletics were arranged in Göteborg. So, the city is used to and has a well known knowledge of arranging world class competitions.

Close to the competition site there is a centre of congress and exhibition where clinics and congresses can be arranged in connection with the 3rd Swimming World Short Course Championships.

So let´s meet in Göteborg, April 1997. Welcome


SOME FACTS

Time: the 17-20th of April 1997
Competition site: Scandinavium, Göteborg
Number of spectators: 6 000 - 7 000
Participating nations/federations: 70-100
Number of athletes: 800-1 000

Prices for tickets

Heats day 1-4
Category A
70 SEK
Category B45 SEK
Category C30 SEK
Opening, finals day 1
Category A
250 SEK
Category B
150 SEK
Category C
50 SEK
Finals day 2-4
Category A
200 SEK
Category B100 SEK
Category C50 SEK
Tickets day 1-4*
Category A
800 SEK
Category B400 SEK
Category B200 SEK
Company/VIP**
Category VIP
1600 SEK


* Includes heats, opening ceremony and finals
** Includes heats, opening ceremony, finals and special VIP-arrangements

Reservations can be made by letter or telefax to the Office for
the 3rd Short Course Swimming World Championships.
SEK 15 will be charged extra in every ticketreservation.


If you have something to ask,
please don't hesitate to contact

3rd Short Course
Swimming World Championships
Valhallagatan 3
S-412 51 Göteborg,
SWEDEN
Tel: +46 31 18 25 57, Fax: +46 31 778 10 54


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