Avesta Motorstadion also called the Arena Avesta or Stadion Brovalla is a 12,000 capacity

motorcycle speedway Motorcycle speedway, usually referred to simply as speedway, is a motorcycle sport involving four and sometimes up to six riders competing over four clockwise, anti-clockwise laps of an oval circuit. The motorcycles are specialist machines that ...

track located 10 kilometres south of

Krylbo Krylbo () is a part of the Sweden, Swedish town Avesta (locality), Avesta in Avesta Municipality, Dalarna County. It was a market town until it merged with the city of Avesta in 1966. Krylbo is mostly known for being an important railway hub cal ...

and

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. The stadium is on the

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70, in a remote area surrounded by Långheden Forest. The stadium hosts the

Masarna Masarna are a Swedish motorcycle speedway team based in Avesta, Sweden. They last rode in the Elitserien during the 2022 Swedish Speedway season but are currently not racing due to financial problems. They are two times champions of Sweden. ...

speedway team that compete in the

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and have been champions of Sweden on two occasions.

History

The track was inaugurated in 1979, with the Masarna speedway team moving there from the Avestavallen. The stadium's most significant event was the hosting of the World Championship round called the

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in 2003. It has also hosted the finals of the

Swedish Individual Speedway Championship The Swedish Individual Championship is a competition for Swedish Speedway riders, held each year to determine the Swedish national champion. History After World War II the first championship was held in 1948, although it was considered unoffi ...

in 2001, 2008 and 2017.

References

Speedway venues in Sweden Sports venues in Dalarna County Avesta Municipality 20th-century establishments in Dalarna County 1979 establishments in Sweden {{motorcycle-speedway-stub