Villa Lidköping BK is a

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club in

Lidköping Lidköping () is a locality and the seat of Lidköping Municipality in Västra Götaland County, Sweden. It had about 40 000 inhabitants in 2021. It is situated on the southern shore of Lake Vänern and sometimes refers to itself as "Lidköpin ...

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. The club was formed on January 18, 1934 as Villa BK on Lockörn outside Lidköping, where the old club cottage still is. The club's name comes from the nearby

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Villa Giacomina. Villa has played in the Swedish championship finals six times, losing 4 out of the 6 appearances in the years 1975, 1983, 2012 and 2016 before finally winning in 2019 and again in 2021. Home games are played in

Sparbanken Lidköping Arena Sparbanken Lidköping Arena is an indoor arena in Lidköping, Sweden. It is the home arena for the bandy team, Villa Lidköping BK. The normal capacity of the arena is 4,500 for bandy games and 12,500 for concerts, and the arena was opened on Dece ...

. In October 2018, the club won its first

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title. The women's team won the Swedish national championship for first time during the 2020–2021 season. The men's team won the Swedish Cup in the years 2016, 2020, 2021 and 2022. The women's team won the Swedish Cup in the years 2020 and 2021.

Squad

Honours

Domestic

* Swedish National Champions: ** Winner (2):

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** Runners-up (5):

1975 It was also declared the ''International Women's Year'' by the United Nations and the European Architectural Heritage Year by the Council of Europe. Events January * January 1 - Watergate scandal (United States): John N. Mitchell, H. R. ...

1983 The year 1983 saw both the official beginning of the Internet and the first mobile cellular telephone call. Events January * January 1 – The migration of the ARPANET to Internet protocol suite, TCP/IP is officially completed (this is consid ...

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* Swedish Cup: ** Winner (4): 2016, 2020, 2021, 2022 ** Runners-up (1): 2008

International

: ** Winner (1): 2018 ** Runners-up (1):

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Villa Lidkoping Bk Bandy clubs in Sweden Bandy clubs established in 1934 1934 establishments in Sweden Sport in Lidköping