Köpings IS (KIS) is a sports club in
Köping
''Köping'' was a Swedish denomination for a market town since the Middle Ages, derived from the Old Norse word ''kaupang''. The designation was officially abolished with the municipal reform of 1971, when Sweden was subdivided into the Munici ...
, Sweden, mostly active with 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 ...
,
floorball
Floorball is a type of floor hockey with five players and a goalkeeper in each team. Men and women play indoors with sticks and a plastic ball with holes. Matches are played in three twenty-minute periods. The sport of bandy also played a role ...
and
handball
Handball (also known as team handball, European handball or Olympic handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of throwing it into the g ...
, earlier also soccer. The soccer section merged with
Forsby FF
Forsby is a locality situated in Gävle Municipality, Gävleborg County, 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 Swe ...
in 1990 to form
Köpings FF. The club colours are yellow and black. The club was founded in 1910.
The men's bandy team has played several seasons in the Swedish top division.
The club had played in the second-level bandy league in Sweden,
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 ...
, since the start of the present Allsvenskan in 2007 but was relegated to Division 1 in 2013. The club got promoted to Allsvenskan again for the 2014–15 season.
References
External links
Official website (bandy)Official website (handball)
Bandy clubs in Sweden
Bandy clubs established in 1910
1910 establishments in Sweden
Sport in Västmanland County
Swedish handball clubs
{{bandy-team-stub