Varberg had a great sporting year when BoIS stepped up in football for the first time. HK Varberg also made his very first season in the highest series this past winter. The two achievements made a strong contribution to the fact that five different jurors had Varberg in their top 10 and that the city landed in place 19 in this year's ranking.  

- Varberg is good evidence of a relatively small municipality that in just a few years has gone from having quite a bit of elite sports to competing at the highest level in several different sports, comments Ola Bränholm responsible for Sweden's best sports city.  

The municipality of Gotland is also on the top list for the first time, each municipality competing under its municipality name. However, Gotland can get tougher next year when Visby IBK left the SSL floor scene directly.  

Borås and Lund are two cities that have returned to the top list after being out last year.  

Piteå valleys 

Little Piteå with the women's soccer and biathlon and length in the lead ended in place eight last year after PIF's SM gold rush. This year, some investments are falling and will end up in place 17.