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Edsbyns IF

Edsbyns IF

Ice hockey team in Edsbyn, Sweden

This article is about Edsbyns IF's bandy section. For the football section, see Edsbyns IF Fotboll.

Edsbyns IF, is a bandy team from Edsbyn in Ovanåker Municipality in Sweden founded on 6 June 1909.[1] The bandy section of the club was founded as late as in 1925 was formally made a club of its own on 28 June 2000.

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Magnus "Kuben" Olsson of Edsbyn against Västerås SK

Edsbyns IF has played in the highest bandy league in Sweden from 1945–1969 and then again since 1971.

History

Edsbyns IF was founded in 1909.[2]

In September 2003, Edsbyn moved to Edsbyn Arena, the first indoor arena for bandy in Sweden, and won the Swedish Championship final in the end of the season.[3]

On 26 March 2004, Edsbyns IF played a men's bandy exhibition game at the Streatham Ice Arena in London against Russian Super League team Vodnik, which ended with a 10-10 draw.[4]

The club's bandy section was awarded the Hälsingland Golden Award in 2004. The award has also been given to various individual sportspeople competing for the club.[5]

In June 2009, the club decided to dissolve the women's bandy team for the 2009–2010 season, while keeping the girls' bandy activity and attempting to re-start the women's team as soon as possible.[6][7] On 4 October 2009, the women's bandy team Team Hälsingland was established instead, as a cooperation between Bollnäs GIF, Broberg/Söderhamn Bandy, Edsbyns IF and Ljusdals BK.[8]

Team Hälsingland shut down in 2017. Three years later, 2020, Edsbyn IF launched a new women's bandy team. Which as of today (03 february 2024) is playing in Norra Allsvenskan, the Swedish second highest league in bandy.

Players

Current squad

Updated|03 February 2024|

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIB eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIB nationality.

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Honours

Domestic

  • Swedish Champions:[9]
    • Winners (13): 1952, 1953, 1962, 1978, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2022
    • Runners-up (8): 1949, 1955, 1958, 1961, 1963, 1982, 1984, 2009

Cup

International

  • World Cup:
    • Winners (3): 1979, 1991, 2008
    • Runners-up (3): 1980, 2005, 2007
  • European Cup:
    • Winners (2):[10] 2005, 2007
    • Runners-up (4): 1978, 2004, 2006, 2008

References

  1. [1]
    Magnus Helander (25 December 2003). "Nu ska bandybyn bli bäst igen" (in Swedish). Sportbladet. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
  2. [2]
    "BOLLNÄS GIF". Svenska Bandyförbundet.
  3. [3]
    "Bandyhallarnas effekt: segrar och sorgebarn - DN.SE". 28 October 2011.
  4. [4]
    Christoffer Million (23 December 2014). "Edsbyn till England" (in Swedish). Bandypuls. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
  5. [5]
    "Hälsingeguldet" (in Swedish). Hälsingland Society of Sports History. Retrieved 21 August 2021.
  6. [6]
    "Edsbyn lägger ner damlaget" (in Swedish). SVT Sport. 15 June 2009. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
  7. [7]
    "Edsbyn lägger ner dambandyn" (in Swedish). SVT Sport. 16 June 2009. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
  8. [8]
    Camilla Larsson (17 March 2014). "Dambandyn i Hälsinglands Idrottsförbund startar på 70-talet" (in Swedish). Archive Gävleborg. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
  9. [9]
    "SM-finaler genom åren". Svenska Bandyförbundet.
  10. [10]
    "Europacupen - Svenska Bandyförbundet". iof1.idrottonline.se. Archived from the original on 10 October 2013. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
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