Malmö Isstadion (Malmö Ice Stadium) is an indoor sports arena located in the Stadionområdet area of

Malmö Malmö is the List of urban areas in Sweden by population, third-largest city in Sweden, after Stockholm and Gothenburg, and the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, sixth-largest city in Nordic countries, the Nordic region. Located on ...

, Sweden. The capacity of the arena is 5,800 and it was built in 1968. It is the former home arena of the

Malmö Redhawks The Malmö Redhawks (colloquially referred to simply as Malmö or by past abbreviation MIF) are a Swedish professional ice hockey team based in Malmö which plays in the SHL, with Malmö Arena as the venue for home games. The history of the te ...

ice hockey Ice hockey (or simply hockey in North America) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an Ice rink, ice skating rink with Ice hockey rink, lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. Tw ...

team, and was replaced as such by

Malmö Arena Malmö Arena is a multi-purpose List of indoor arenas, indoor arena in Malmö, Sweden, and the venue for home games of Swedish Hockey League, SHL ice hockey team Malmö Redhawks. It is the largest arena in the SHL, and the List of indoor arenas ...

, which was inaugurated in November 2008. In addition to sporting events, the arena was also used for concerts until the opening of the larger Malmö Arena.

History

International events, such as the

1977 IBF World Championships The 1977 IBF World Championships was the inaugural badminton championships sanctioned by the International Badminton Federation. It was held in Malmö Isstadion, Malmö, Sweden from 3 to 8 May 1977. H. M. the King of Sweden was present throug ...

Eurovision Song Contest 1992 The Eurovision Song Contest 1992 was the 37th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest, held on 9 May 1992 at the in Malmö, Sweden. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster (SVT), and presented by Lydia Capolicc ...

the

1996 Davis Cup The 1996 Davis Cup (also known as the 1996 Davis Cup by NEC for sponsorship purposes) was the 85th edition of the Davis Cup, the most important tournament between national teams in men's tennis. 124 teams entered the competition, 16 in the World ...

final and the

2003 European Figure Skating Championships The 2003 European Figure Skating Championships was a senior international figure skating competition in the 2002–03 season. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. The event was ...

, have been held at Malmö Isstadion. The arena underwent major renovation in time for the

2014 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships The 2014 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (formerly called the IIHF U20 World Championship) was the 38th edition of the Ice Hockey World Junior Championship (WJHC), hosted in Malmö, Sweden. The 13,700-seat Malmö Arena was the main venue, ...

, which Malmö Isstadion hosted alongside

. Following promotion to

Hockeyallsvenskan HockeyAllsvenskan (previously Allsvenskan and SuperAllsvenskan) is a professional ice hockey sports league, league, and the second-highest league in the Swedish ice hockey system, after the Swedish Hockey League, SHL. Since the 2009–10 season, t ...

IK Pantern Ishockeyklubben Pantern, also known as IK Pantern, are a Swedish ice hockey club based in Malmö. They currently play in Hockeyettan, the third tier of ice hockey in Sweden. they were reformed in 2019. History IK Pantern was founded in 1959. On ...

moved its home arena in

Kirseberg Kirseberg (literally "Cherry hill") was a city district () in the north of Malmö Municipality, Sweden. On 1 July 2013, it was merged with Centrum, Malmö, Centrum, forming Norr, Malmö, Norr. In 2012, Kirseberg had a population of 14,959 of the ...

to Malmö isstadion from the 2015–2016 season. The venue played host to the Group C matches of the

2016 European Women's Handball Championship The 2016 European Women's Handball Championship was held in Sweden from 4 to 18 December 2016. It was the second time that Sweden hosts the tournament, after it also hosted the 2006 European Women's Handball Championship. Sweden was awarded the c ...

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