Tunavallen is a multi-use
stadium
A stadium ( : stadiums or stadia) is a place or venue for (mostly) outdoor sports, concerts, or other events and consists of a field or stage either partly or completely surrounded by a tiered structure designed to allow spectators to stand o ...
in
Eskilstuna
Eskilstuna () is a city and the seat of Eskilstuna Municipality, Södermanland County, Sweden. The city of Eskilstuna had 67,359 inhabitants in 2015, with a total population of 100,092 inhabitants in Eskilstuna municipality (2014). Eskilstuna h ...
,
Sweden. It is currently used mostly for
football matches. The stadium holds 7,800 seated spectators.
The original stadium was one of the venues for the
1958 FIFA World Cup
The 1958 FIFA World Cup was the sixth FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial football tournament for men's senior national teams, and was played in Sweden from 8 to 29 June 1958. It was the first FIFA World Cup to be played in a Nordic country.
Brazil ...
. It was also the venue for the replay of the Swedish
bandy
Bandy is a winter sport and ball sport played by two teams wearing ice skates on a large ice surface (either indoors or outdoors) while using sticks to direct a ball into the opposing team's goal. The international governing body for bandy is ...
final in 1954. The capacity was 22,000 spectators.
In 2002 a new arena was built. This is the home ground for the football teams
AFC Eskilstuna
Athletic Football Club Eskilstuna, also known as AFC Eskilstuna or simply AFC, is a Swedish football club located in Eskilstuna. The club has previously been known under the names FC Café Opera and Väsby United before switching ownership and t ...
and
Eskilstuna City FK.
References
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Football venues in Sweden
Bandy venues in Sweden
1958 FIFA World Cup stadiums
Sport in Eskilstuna
Speed skating venues in Sweden
Swedish Bandy Final venues
Eskilstuna City FK
Sports venues completed in 1924
1924 establishments in Sweden