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Voldsløkka Stadion is a sports stadium in 
Voldsløkka Stadion
at ''OsloVikings.com''
Oslo
Oslo ( , , or ; sma, Oslove) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. The municipality of Oslo had a population of in 2022, while the city's greater urban area had a population ...
, Norway
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.
History
It was the home ground of Oslo football team Skeid, and was used forPremier League
The Premier League (legal name: The Football Association Premier League Limited) is the highest level of the men's English football league system. Contested by 20 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the English Fo ...
matches in 1999. However, in 2007 it did not meet the requirements of First Division (second tier of Norwegian football) matches, so Skeid elected to play their home games at Bislett Stadion
Bislett Stadium ( no, Bislett stadion) is a sports stadium in Oslo, Norway. Bislett is Norway's most well known sports arena internationally, with 15 speed skating world records and more than 50 track and field world records having been set here ...
. Instead in 2007 Voldsløkka Stadion hosted matches of the Vålerenga B team, who resided in the Second Division
In sport, the Second Division, also called Division 2 or Division II is usually the second highest division of a league, and will often have promotion and relegation with divisions above and below. Following the rise of Premier League style compet ...
(third tier). It has later been used by Oslo City FC
Oslo City FC is a sports club in Oslo, Norway
Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsul ...
. It has also been the temporary home ground of the American football
American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team wi ...
team Oslo Vikings
Oslo Vikings is an American football club located in Oslo, Norway, that competes in the Eliteserien of the Norges Amerikanske Idretters Forbund, and the European Federation of American Football tournaments.
The club was founded in 1986 and prior ...
. The area was closed as a football stadium in 2007, and Skeid moved to Nordre Åsen.
In 2018 a new facility opened for field hockey
Field hockey is a team sport structured in standard hockey format, in which each team plays with ten outfield players and a goalkeeper. Teams must drive a round hockey ball by hitting it with a hockey stick towards the rival team's shooting ...
and bandy, to be used by Sagene IF
Sagene is a borough of the city of Oslo, Norway. The area became part of the city of Oslo (then Christiania) in 1859. The name Sagene itself is the plural of the Norwegian word for "saw", reflecting all the old industrial mechanical saws powered ...
. The stadium hosted matches of the 2020 Women's Bandy World Championship
The 2020 Women's Bandy World Championship was held from 19 to 22 February 2020 in Oslo, Norway.
China withdrew from the tournament due to concerns about the coronavirus pandemic.
Venues
Squads
Group stage
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. Artificial ice for bandy is prepared when conditions allow, usually between November and March, using an electric ice resurfacer
An ice resurfacer is a vehicle or hand-pushed device used to clean and smooth the surface of a sheet of ice, usually in an ice rink. The first ice resurfacer was developed by American inventor and engineer Frank Zamboni in 1949 in the city of P ...
.
External links
Voldsløkka Stadion
at ''OsloVikings.com''
References