Sweden aims to bid for European Championships 2022

Swedish cities, Gothenburg and Malmo, have declared interest in bidding for the European Championships 2022. The two cities, together with Skåne region, have launched a pre-study involving seven national sport federations.

The European Championships is a totally new concept comprising athletics, swimming, golf, rowing, triathlon, gymnastics and cycling. Overall, 4,500 active participants are expected when the event is tested for the first time in 2018 with Berlin and Glasgow as host cities. It will be held every four years.

- Originally, Sweden and Gothenburg was interested in hosting European Athletics Championships in 2022. But now that we can expect the event to comprise seven championships we have invited all the other federations to participate, says Toralf Nilsson President of the Swedish Athletics Association.

Gothenburg, Malmö and Skåne are now preparing for an application in 2022. Both cities met on Tuesday together with representatives of the seven Swedish sports federations. Together, they are going to examine the conditions to accomplish seven European Championship competitions during a couple of weeks in the summer of 2022.

- It is such a big event and we believe that we will be stronger together with Malmö and the region Skåne and that we can also create a greater interest for the sports. At the meeting, all the federations expressed a tremendous positivity to the idea and they all want to take part in the pre-study, says Camilla Nyman, Managing Director at Göteborg & Co who coordinates the work.

The pre-study will provide answers to what is requested to be able to accomplish the European Championships. It will be finished this fall and it will begin immediately.