Botkyrka HC was a Swedish
ice hockey
Ice hockey (or simply hockey) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an ice skating rink with lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. In ice hockey, two opposing teams use ice hock ...
team. Their home arena was Ishuset in
Tumba, just outside
Botkyrka
Botkyrka Municipality ( ) is a municipality in Stockholm County in east central Sweden, not far from the capital Stockholm. Its seat is located in the town of Tumba.
In 1971 ''Grödinge'' was merged with Botkyrka and in 1974 ''Salem'' was add ...
in the
Stockholm suburbs.
History
The club was founded in 1998 as a merger between
IFK Tumba
IFK Tumba FK is a Swedish football club located in Tumba.
Background
IFK Tumba FK currently plays in Division 4 Stockholm Södra which is the sixth tier of Swedish football. They play their home matches at the Storvretens BP in Tumba.
The clu ...
and Botkyrka IF, taking Tumba's spot in
Division 1.
From 2002 to 2004, they qualified for the promotion round to
Allsvenskan
Allsvenskan (; en, the All-Swedish, also known as Fotbollsallsvenskan, en, the Football All-Swedish) is a Swedish professional league for men's association football clubs. It was founded in 1924 and is the top tier of the Swedish football lea ...
, but they failed to be promoted all three times.
In August 2013, Botkyrka HC merged with
IFK Tumba Hockey
IFK Tumba Hockey is a Swedish ice hockey team currently playing in the third-tier league Division 1. Their home arena is Ishuset in Tumba, just outside Botkyrka in the Stockholm suburbs.
The club was founded in 1937 as the ice hockey section o ...
, giving IFK Tumba a senior ice hockey team.
IFK Tumba IK took Botkyrka HC's spot in
Division 1.
References
External links
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Ice hockey teams in Sweden