Special Olympics Russia was one of two clubs from Russia that had teams playing during Gothia Cup 2018. They participated with one team in Gothia Special Olympics Trophy. In addition to Special Olympics Russia, 24 other teams from 10 different countries played in Gothia Special Olympics Trophy. They were divided into 6 different groups, whereof Special Olympics Russia Unified could be found in Unified together with Special Olympics Indonesia Unified, Special Olympics Lithuania Unified and Special Olympics Slovakia Unified. Special Olympics Russia comes from SPECIAL OLYMPICS RUSSIA which lies approximately 4800 km from Göteborg, where Gothia Cup takes place.