Karlsborgs Bandyklubb, ''Karlsborgs BK'', is a

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 ...

club in

Karlsborg Karlsborg (, outdatedly ) is a locality and the seat of Karlsborg Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden. It had 3,551 inhabitants in 2010. This garrison town lies at the shore of lake Vättern in Västergötland. History The town of Karl ...

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. The team colours are black and yellow. The club was founded on 26 April 1976, out of the bandy section of former sports club Karlsborgs IK, while the football department became

Assi IF Assi IF is a Swedish football team, located in Risögrund, Kalix Municipality, Norrbotten County, currently playing in Division 2 Norrland. Background Assi IF is a club that dates back to 1915. The current club was established in 1968 when Ka ...

. The club also played three seasons in the Swedish top division between 1996 and 1997, 1997-1998 and 1998–1999. The club was playing in

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 ...

, the second level bandy league in Sweden, until 2009 when it was relegated to Division 1.

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