The world championships in Finland 1997

...Abo!

Back in Abo we looked up our friends Bergwall and Perra and went down to one of the shacks and took some well-deserved beers. If we remember correct these pics are taken after the game SWE-LIT and that is why the Latvian flag apears on the table. Here is Bergwall showing us in The Swedish Pigs and also the owner of the pub how a licorice-shot is to be drunk.

We tried to make this girl from the Swedish Liberal party (in finland) to skip the convention that she was going to and party with us, but she was unfortunately that interested in this idea.

Once inside the arena in Abo, Patrik discovers that Gert and Robert from TV3 tries to calm these two girls that was hysteric and cried and wanted to meet the swedish goalkeeper Tommy Salo... Girls!

After the game SWE-USA a bloke that belongs to some kind of "Fanclub" from Lulea, located in the extreme north of Sweden, thought that since Sweden had won the game over the U.S. it wasn´t more then right of us (them) to lower the Stars and stripes to half-pole which was quickly done.

...And the banner is down! They are really funny these two that comes to the championships every year. We are really looking forward to their homepage on the web. We don´t know whether or not they have a name of their fanclub or not, or if they have one at all. But they are relly GREAT to deal with these guys!

At Bergwalls and Perras hotelroom getting prepared for leaving for Sweden. Since we had no real chance to organize ourselves we unfortunately couldn´t stay longer that the playoff-round. But there will be more Championships.

Back at the boat that on the way back was to be Silja Europa, the biggest passanger chip in the world if we are correctly informed. And it was a really great boat one must say.

Well, the trip home was really a disappointment, but I guesss that it was kind of an anticlimax when we weren´t able to stay during the entire Championships, but that´s what happens when one cannot organise things well enough.

Home in Sweden again. The caravan had been returned at the only thing that was left was to look forward to the next Championships in Zürich 1998.

Svea Svin ranks The championships in 1997

Motivation: Since the Championships in finland was so badly organised (by us) We never got time to stay the entire Championships which was sad. The organisers in finland was ok, but we never understood why the hell they didn´t have any beertent in Åbo but had one in Helsinki??? This is one of the essential things that just HAS to be there during th Championships. Also were the so called "guards" inside the arena in Abo very aggressive and hostile so that was also a disappointment. On the contrary was and still is the finnish people some really great ones to party with. We had extremely fun with the finns both in Abo and when we went to Helsinki. We have therefore decided to give the Championships a 5 out of total 10 Swedish Pigs-logos.

Hits that we remember this Championship by:

"Back in the loop" E-type

"Bailando" Alexia

"Ain´t talkin ´bout dub" Apollo Four-fourty

"Unbreak my heart " (dance remix) Toni Braxton

"I breathe" Vacuum

"Bellissima" D.J. Quicksilver

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	Back in Abo we looked up our friends Bergwall and Perra and went down to one of the shacks and took some well-deserved beers. If we remember correct these pics are taken after the game SWE-LIT and that is why the Latvian flag apears on the table. Here is Bergwall showing us in The Swedish Pigs and also the owner of the pub how a licorice-shot is to be drunk.
	We tried to make this girl from the Swedish Liberal party (in finland) to skip the convention that she was going to and party with us, but she was unfortunately that interested in this idea.
	Once inside the arena in Abo, Patrik discovers that Gert and Robert from TV3 tries to calm these two girls that was hysteric and cried and wanted to meet the swedish goalkeeper Tommy Salo... Girls!
	After the game SWE-USA a bloke that belongs to some kind of "Fanclub" from Lulea, located in the extreme north of Sweden, thought that since Sweden had won the game over the U.S. it wasn´t more then right of us (them) to lower the Stars and stripes to half-pole which was quickly done.
	...And the banner is down! They are really funny these two that comes to the championships every year. We are really looking forward to their homepage on the web. We don´t know whether or not they have a name of their fanclub or not, or if they have one at all. But they are relly GREAT to deal with these guys!
	At Bergwalls and Perras hotelroom getting prepared for leaving for Sweden. Since we had no real chance to organize ourselves we unfortunately couldn´t stay longer that the playoff-round. But there will be more Championships.
	Back at the boat that on the way back was to be Silja Europa, the biggest passanger chip in the world if we are correctly informed. And it was a really great boat one must say.
	Well, the trip home was really a disappointment, but I guesss that it was kind of an anticlimax when we weren´t able to stay during the entire Championships, but that´s what happens when one cannot organise things well enough.
	Home in Sweden again. The caravan had been returned at the only thing that was left was to look forward to the next Championships in Zürich 1998.