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GAIS Bandy is the
bandy
Bandy is a winter sport and ball sport played by two teams wearing ice skates on a large ice surface (either indoors or outdoors) while using sticks to direct a ball into the opposing team's goal. The international governing body for bandy is ...
section of sports club
GAIS
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Gais () is a village and a municipality in the canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden i ...
from
Gothenburg
Gothenburg (; abbreviated Gbg; sv, Göteborg ) is the second-largest city in Sweden, fifth-largest in the Nordic countries, and capital of the Västra Götaland County. It is situated by the Kattegat, on the west coast of Sweden, and has ...
. In 1920, GAIS won the Gothenburg district championship, but the club had not had an active bandy department for years when it took up playing
bandy
Bandy is a winter sport and ball sport played by two teams wearing ice skates on a large ice surface (either indoors or outdoors) while using sticks to direct a ball into the opposing team's goal. The international governing body for bandy is ...
again in 2005.
GAIS play their home games at
Heden
Heden is a ballcourt and public space and square in the centre of Gothenburg, Sweden. Football matches are played there in the run-up to the final of the Gothia Cup. The final is played at Ullevi. Also the largest handball tournament in the world i ...
in central Gothenburg. GAIS came close to winning their first tournament in 2006 when they lost 6-10 to
IFK Kungälv
IFK Kungälv is a sports club in Kungälv in Sweden, founded in 1940, and mostly concentrated on the sport of bandy. The club has been playing in the Swedish bandy top division Elitserien for many seasons, at present since 2008/09.
The home ki ...
in the final of the
Kosa Cup. They hosted one match, Sweden-Russia, at the
2013 Bandy World Championship.
GAIS played in
Elitserien
Elitserien (literally, "the Elite League") is the name of several Swedish nationwide sport leagues. In many sports, Elitserien is the highest league, with the second highest named Allsvenskan.
Elitserien leagues at present:
* Elitserien (badmint ...
, the top-tier of Swedish bandy, for three seasons
2011–12,
2012–13
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, and
2013–14. The team was qualified for continued play in Elitserien for the
2014–15 season, but choose to withdraw due to problems with getting a good enough home-ice in Gothenburg. The club had hoped to get help from the City of Gothenburg, but the city said no.
References
External links
official club website
GAIS Bandy,
GAIS
Sports clubs in Gothenburg
Bandy clubs in Sweden
Bandy clubs established in 1894
Bandy clubs established in 2005
2005 establishments in Sweden
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