Oulunkylä Ice Rink
   HOME

TheInfoList



Click Here for Items Related To - Oulunkylä Ice Rink
OR:
Oulunkylä Ice Rink on:   [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Amazon]

Oulunkylä Ice Rink, ''Oulunkylän tekojäärata'' or ''Oulunkylä artificial skating rink'' consists of an indoor ice hockey-sized rink and an outdoor bandy field in
Oulunkylä Oulunkylä ( sv, Åggelby, also known as ''Ogeli'') is a suburb and a neighbourhood of Helsinki, the capital of Finland. It is located north from the center of the city. It has been inhabited since the 13th century. Earlier an independent munic ...
,
Helsinki Helsinki ( or ; ; sv, Helsingfors, ) is the Capital city, capital, primate city, primate, and List of cities and towns in Finland, most populous city of Finland. Located on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, it is the seat of the region of U ...
, Finland. It is also used for
figure skating Figure skating is a sport in which individuals, pairs, or groups perform on figure skates on ice. It was the first winter sport to be included in the Olympic Games, when contested at the 1908 Olympics in London. The Olympic disciplines are me ...
,
speed skating Speed skating is a competitive form of ice skating in which the competitors racing, race each other in travelling a certain distance on Ice skate, skates. Types of speed skating are long track speed skating, short track speed skating, and marath ...
, and recreational skating. It is the home arena for
Botnia-69 Botnia-69 is a Finnish bandy club in Helsinki. The club has won the Finnish championship four times, 1989, 1992, 1997 and 2016. In 1992 they were runners-up of the European Cup The UEFA Champions League (abbreviated as UCL, or sometimes, UE ...
, and was the venue for the final games at the
1983 Bandy World Championship The 1983 Bandy World Championship was the 13th Bandy World Championship and was played in Finland. The Swedish national team became champions for the second time. Only four countries participated, but this was the last world championship played wit ...
as well as the 1991 tournament. Oulunkylä Ice Rink was the first arena where a designated final game of a bandy world championship was played (before 1983, the world championships were always decided on round-robin results) and the first arena to ever have hosted the bandy world championship final twice.


References

Bandy venues in Finland Sports venues in Helsinki Sports venues completed in 1977 1977 establishments in Finland Bandy World Championships stadiums {{bandy-stub