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Väsby IK HK
Väsby IK HK is an ice hockey club based in Upplands Väsby, Sweden. Since the 2021–22 season the club is back in the third tier, Hockeyettan, having been relegated from HockeyAllsvenskan after losing to Kristianstads IK in the 2020–21 Play Out series, ending a one-year stint in HockeyAllsvenskan. At the end of the 1986–87 season, Väsby achieved one of the greatest upsets in the history of Swedish hockey by achieving promotion to the top division of Swedish ice hockey. The team's time in the top league would be short however, as the team finished last in the first round of the following year's Elitserien season and were sent down to the Allsvenskan spring series after Christmas, where they failed to re-qualify for the following Elitserien season and were ultimately relegated to the second tier league. They were granted promotion to the second-tier league HockeyAllsvenskan for the 2020–21 season, after Karlskrona HK Karlskrona HK is a Swedish ice hockey club located in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Upplands Väsby
Upplands Väsby () is a locality and the seat of Upplands Väsby Municipality, Stockholm County, Sweden with 48,907 inhabitants in 2020. History The municipality has a long history with clear traces of settlements from the pre-Christian times in several places. The first traces of human culture have been found during excavations of Hammarby ridge, about 400 meters south of the current Glädjen junction, where the excavation of the burial ground Ekebo found a bronze axe from around 600 to 700 BC. Upplands Väsby has a low topography and the people lived by fishing, seal and waterfowl hunting. Several finds of foreign coins testify to the extensive trade with foreign countries. They include Arabic coins found at Great Wäsby castle grounds. At Runsa and Skavsta's prehistoric fortifications, known as hill forts. Traces of aboriginal burial grounds are found in many places in the form of mounds, stone circles, standing stones, or minor bumps. The graves are sometimes the shape ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1956 Establishments In Sweden
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Upplands Väsby Municipality
Upplands Väsby Municipality () is a municipality in Stockholm County in east central Sweden, with a population of 38,963 (2010). Its seat is located in the town of Upplands Väsby. The municipality was created in connection with the municipal reform of 1952, when the rural municipalities ''Ed'', ''Fresta'' and ''Hammarby'' were amalgamated. It got its name from a settlement which had evolved around the railway station. The name Väsby can be attested (as ''Vesby'') from the 13th century. The prefix "Upplands" came to be used by the post station in 1919 as a means of separating it from other Väsbys in the country. The municipality was then named "Upplands-Väsby" for a time, but the dash was removed on 19 September 2002. Geography Upplands Väsby is located in between Stockholm and Arlanda Airport, and the East Coast Line railroad goes through the municipality. There are local train services to Arlanda Airport, Uppsala, Stockholm Central Station and Älvsjö (Stockholm commute ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ice Hockey Teams In Stockholm County
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Piteå HC
Piteå Hockey Club, usually abbreviated Piteå HC, is a Swedish ice hockey club based in Piteå in Norrbotten, Sweden's northernmost county. The club played six seasons, from 1999 to 2005, in Sweden's second-tier league, Allsvenskan Allsvenskan (; ), also known as Fotbollsallsvenskan (, ) is a professional association football league in Sweden and the highest level of the Swedish football league system. Founded in 1924, it operates on a system of promotion and relegatio .... , the team competes in the "Norra" (''north'') group of Division 1, the third tier of ice hockey in Sweden. Piteå HC was founded in 1986 as a merger of the hockey sections of Piteå IF, Munksund/Skuthamns SK, and Öjebyns IF.Piteå HCVerksamhetsplan Season-by-season ''This list includes only recent Piteå HC seasons.'' References External links Official websiteProfile on Eliteprospects.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Pitea HC Ice hockey clubs established in 1986 1986 establishments in Sweden Sport i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tranås AIF
Tranås AIF (sometimes abbreviated "TAIF") is a Swedish sports club active in a number of sports including ice hockey. The ice hockey club, Tranås AIF Ishockeyförening, better known as Tranås AIF Hockey (or Tranås AIF IF), played several season in Sweden's second-highest league, Allsvenskan, but since being relegated in 2003 has played in Division 1, the third tier of ice hockey in Sweden. The club has also had a bandy Bandy is a winter sport and ball sport played by two team sport, teams wearing Ice skates#Bandy skates, 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 playin ... section and used to play in the top-tier Swedish bandy league. External links Hockey club official websiteHockey team profile on Eliteprospects.com Ice hockey clubs established in 1905 Bandy clubs established in 1905 Defunct bandy clubs in Sweden 1905 establishments in Sweden Ice hockey teams in Jön ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2016–17 Hockeyettan Season
The 2016–17 Hockeyettan season is the third season that the third tier of ice hockey in Sweden has been organized under that name. The regular season began on 16 September 2016 and ended on 19 February 2017, to be followed by promotion and relegation playoffs. The league was left with 47 teams after Kovlands IshF withdrew to a lower division due to financial reasons. Format Participating teams Autumn season Hockeyettan North Hockeyettan South Hockeyettan West Hockeyettan East Spring season Allettan North Allettan South Hockeyettan North (spring) Hockeyettan South (spring) Hockeyettan West (spring) Hockeyettan East (spring) Hockeyettan Finals AllEttan North winner Huddinge IF and AllEttan South winner IF Troja/Ljungby met in a best of three series. Huddinge won the series 2–1 in games, and advanced to the HockeyAllsvenskan qualifiers. Troja proceeded to the playoffs. Playoffs Qualifying round The winners of the spring continuation groups met in an initial qua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2015–16 Hockeyettan Season
The 2015–16 Hockeyettan season is the second season that the third tier of ice hockey in Sweden has been organized under that name. The regular season began on 20 September 2015 and end on 14 February 2016, to be followed by promotion and relegation playoffs. Format The clubs meet each team from their starting groups twice, home and away. The top four teams from each group form two new groups of eight. Teams 1–4 from Hockeyettan North and East form Allettan North, while teams 1–4 from Hockeyettan South and West form Allettan West. Each of these Allettan groups then plays an additional home-and-away series. Meanwhile, the remaining eight teams in each starting group play each other again in a continuation series. The winner of each Allettan group qualifies directly for the 2016 HockeyAllsvenskan qualifiers. Teams 2–5 in the Allettan groups, along with teams 1–2 from the continuation groups, play a playoff to fill the remaining two spots in the HockeyAllsvenskan qualifiers. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2013–14 Division 1 Season (Swedish Ice Hockey)
The 2013–14 season of Division 1, the third tier of ice hockey in Sweden, organized by the Swedish Ice Hockey Association (SIHA), began on 11 September 2013. The regular season concluded on 16 February 2014. The following playoffs towards the qualifier to the second-tier league HockeyAllsvenskan began on 19 February 2014 and ended on 7 March 2014. The qualifiers to Division 1 began on 2 March 2014 and ended on 26 March 2014. The qualifier to HockeyAllsvenskan began on 13 March 2014 and ended on 5 April 2014. The 2013–14 season was the last season the league was named "Division 1"; in April 2014, the league was renamed "Hockeyettan". Format The league featured 53 teams (a contraction from the 56 of the 2012–13 season), divided into five geographical groups. This was another change from past seasons, which featured six groups, lettered A through F. This season, however, groups A and B were merged into Division 1 ''Norra'' ("North"). With the exception of Division 1 North, t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
