IFK Tumba Hockey is 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 h ...
team currently playing in the third-tier league
Division 1. Their home arena is
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 added. ...
in the
Stockholm suburbs.
The club was founded in 1937 as the ice hockey section of
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 ...
, five years after IFK Tumba was founded. The senior team was quite successful during the 1940s and the 1990s, playing in the second-tier leagues (
Division 2 during the 1940s,
Division 1 during the 1990s). In 1998, the senior team merged with
Botkyrka IF to become Tumba/Botkyrka. Two years later, Tumba/Botkyrka was renamed
Botkyrka HC.
In August 2013, IFK Tumba Hockey merged with
Botkyrka HC, giving IFK Tumba a senior ice hockey team. IFK Tumba Hockey took Botkyrka HC's spot in Division 1.
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References
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External links
Official website
Ice hockey teams in Sweden
Ishockey
Tumba, Sweden
Ice hockey teams in Stockholm County