The Båstad riots (Swedish: Båstadskravallerna) is the name given to the riots that took place during a Davis Cup tennis match between Sweden and Rhodesia on 3 May 1968 in Båstad, Sweden. Demonstrators were protesting the participation of the two apartheid countries, Rhodesia and South Africa, in the international tennis competition.
The Båstad riots (Swedish: Båstadskravallerna) is the name given to the riots that took place during a Davis Cup tennis match between Sweden and Rhodesia on 3 May 1968 in Båstad, Sweden. Demonstrators were protesting the participation of the two apartheid countries, Rhodesia and South Africa, in the international tennis competition.
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