Kiruna IF is an
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 ...
club based in
Kiruna,
Sweden. , they will play in
Hockeyettan
Hockeyettan is the third tier of ice hockey in Sweden. As of the 2015–16 season, the league consists of 46 teams divided geographically into four groups. Hockeyettan operates a system of promotion and relegation with HockeyAllsvenskan and D ...
(formerly named Division 1), the third level of
ice hockey in Sweden
Ice hockey in Sweden has a history going back to at least 1912 and is one of the country's most popular sports. The sport was first organized in the country by the Swedish Football Association (SvFF), which was a member of the IIHF in 1912. The ...
. Their home arena is the
Lombiahallen.
The club was founded in 1988 as Team Kiruna IF, a merger of the hockey departments of Kiruna AIF and
IFK Kiruna. They made their debut playing in Division 1 when it was the second tier of Swedish hockey. Following the
2002–03 season, the club voluntarily withdrew from the second-tier league
Allsvenskan due to financial problems. They have competed in the third-level league
Hockeyettan
Hockeyettan is the third tier of ice hockey in Sweden. As of the 2015–16 season, the league consists of 46 teams divided geographically into four groups. Hockeyettan operates a system of promotion and relegation with HockeyAllsvenskan and D ...
(formerly named Division 1) since the
2003–04 season.
In June 2014, Kiruna IF announced that they would play the
2014–15 season with
rainbow-coloured match jerseys to support the
LGBT community, becoming the first LGBT-certified
sports club
A sports club or sporting club, sometimes an athletics club or sports society or sports association, is a group of people formed for the purpose of playing sports.
Sports clubs range from organisations whose members play together, unpaid, and ...
in Sweden.
References
External links
Official websiteon eurohockey.com
Team profile on Eliteprospects.com
Sport in Kiruna
Ice hockey teams in Sweden
1988 establishments in Sweden
Ice hockey clubs established in 1988
Ice hockey teams in Norrbotten County
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