IFK Kungälv is a sports club in
Kungälv in
Sweden
Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names states that the country's formal name is the Kingdom of SwedenUNGEGN World Geographical Names, Sweden./ref> is a Nordic country located on ...
, founded in 1940, and mostly concentrated on the sport of
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 ...
. The club has been playing in the Swedish bandy top division
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 ...
for many seasons, at present since 2008/09.
The home kit is a red jersey, blue trousers, and red socks. The home arena is
Skarpe Nord. The supporter club is called Skarpa Gubbar.
As all IFK clubs in Sweden, IFK Kungälv is a member of
Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna.
On 8 April 2016 it was announced that the club had not fulfilled the requirements for elite licence and therefore was kicked out of Elitserien from the
2016/2017 season, with two weeks of possibility to appeal against the denial. On 26 April 2016 it was announced that the appeal had been rejected by the
Swedish Bandy Association. Instead,
IK Tellus took their place.
References
External links
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Bandy clubs in Sweden
Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna
1940 establishments in Sweden
Bandy clubs established in 1940