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Västra Frölunda IF Handball
Västra Frölunda IF Handball is Västra Frölunda IF's handball section, founded in 1930, the same year the main association was formed. The men's handball section has been successful, with 18 seasons in Elitserien. History Västra Frölunda was promoted to the top division, at the time known as Allsvenskan, in 1954, but was immediately relegated. They were promoted again in 1970. In 1970–71 they finished third in the league and qualified for the playoffs. They won against IF Saab in the semifinals, but were defeated by SoIK Hellas in the finals. They finished second in the league in 1973–74, but lost against IF Saab in the semifinals. Västra Frölunda won the regular season in 1974–75. However, they were eliminated by HK Drott in the semifinals. Västra Frölunda were relegated in 1977 but were promoted again two years later. In 1981–82 they returned to the playoffs by finishing fourth in the league, but they were again eliminated by HK Drott in the semifinals. In th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gothenburg
Gothenburg ( ; ) is the List of urban areas in Sweden by population, second-largest city in Sweden, after the capital Stockholm, and the fifth-largest in the Nordic countries. Situated by the Kattegat on the west coast of Sweden, it is the gubernatorial seat of Västra Götaland County, with a population of approximately 600,000 in the city proper and about 1.1 million inhabitants in Metropolitan Gothenburg, the metropolitan area. Gustavus Adolphus, King Gustavus Adolphus founded Gothenburg by royal charter in 1621 as a heavily fortified, primarily Dutch, trading colony. In addition to the generous privileges given to his Dutch allies during the ongoing Thirty Years' War, e.g. tax relaxation, he also attracted significant numbers of his German and Scottish allies to populate his only town on the western coast; this trading status was furthered by the founding of the Swedish East India Company. At a key strategic location at the mouth of the , where Scandinavia's largest dr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Västra Frölunda IF
Västra Frölunda Idrottsförening () is a Swedish football club based in Gothenburg. Founded on 2 January 1930, the club has spent a total of ten seasons in Allsvenskan, the top tier of Swedish football. As of the 2025 season, Västra Frölunda competes in Division 2 Västra Götaland, the fourth-highest league in Sweden. The club is affiliated with the Göteborgs Fotbollförbund. On 20 December 2023, Västra Frölunda announced an affiliation agreement with IFK Göteborg Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna Göteborg (officially IFK Göteborg Fotboll), commonly known as IFK Göteborg, IFK (especially locally) or Blåvitt, is a Swedish professional Football team, football club based in Gothenburg. Founded in 1904, it .... Under the terms of the agreement, IFK Göteborg will loan under-23 players to Västra Frölunda, while the latter will benefit from knowledge-sharing and a head coach paid by IFK Göteborg. Achievements * Division 1 Södra ** Champions (1): 1997 * Division ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Handball
Handball (also known as team handball, European handball, Olympic handball or indoor handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of throwing it into the goal of the opposing team. A standard match consists of two periods of 30 minutes, and the team that scores more goals wins. Modern handball is played on a court of , with a goal in the middle of each end. The goals are surrounded by a zone where only the defending goalkeeper is allowed; goals must be scored by throwing the ball from outside the zone or while "diving" into it. The sport is usually played indoors, but outdoor variants exist in the forms of field handball, Czech handball (which were more common in the past) and beach handball. The game is fast and high-scoring: professional teams now typically score between 20 and 35 goals each, though lower scores were not uncommon until a few decades ago. Body contact ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1930 In Sports
1930 in sports describes the year's events in world sport. American football * NFL championship – Green Bay Packers (10–3–1) * College football national championship – Notre Dame Fighting Irish Association football FIFA World Cup * The inaugural World Cup is held in Uruguay and is won by the host nation as Uruguay defeats Argentina 4–2 in the final. Brazil * São Paulo FC was established on January 25. England * The Football League – Sheffield Wednesday 60 points, Derby County 50, Manchester City 47, Aston Villa 47, Leeds United 46, Blackburn Rovers 45 * FA Cup final – Arsenal 2–0 Huddersfield Town at Empire Stadium, Wembley, London Germany * National Championship – Hertha BSC 5–4 Holstein Kiel at Düsseldorf Spain * La Liga won by Athletic Bilbao Italy * The inaugural Serie A is won by Ambrosiana Athletics Czechoslovakia * the third Women's World Games, Prague Australian rules football VFL Premiership * Collingwood wins the 34th VFL Premiership, beat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Handbollsligan
Handbollsligan ''(literally, "The Handball league")'' is the highest league in the league system of Swedish handball, and comprises the top 14 Swedish handball teams. The first season began in 1931–32. The season ends with a playoff. Structure The season starts in September with a regular season comprising 14 teams meeting each other twice. A total of 26 rounds. The eight best teams after the regular season qualifies for the play-off. The 14th team is relegated, and the 11th, 12th and 13th team plays matches against the second, third and fourth from Allsvenskan to qualify for next season's Handbollsligan. The season ends with the finals in the beginning of May and the winning team qualifies directly to EHF European League and the losing team qualifies for the EHF European Cup. Teams for season 2024–25 Swedish Champions *1931–32 – Flottans IF Karlskrona *1932–33 – Redbergslids IK *1933–34 – Redbergslids IK *1934–35 – Majornas IK *1935–36 – S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
IF Saab
Idrottsföreningen Saab was a Swedish sports club from Linköping, Östergötland County founded in 1941 by people working at Saab and most known for its association football and handball teams. They took part in the 1973 Allsvenskan. In 1981, IF Saab merged with BK Derby to form Linköpings FF. Besides football, the club also had active sections for the sports badminton, bandy, table tennis, bowling, boxing, archery, bicycle racing, athletics, gymnastics, handball, company sports, skiing, orienteering, tennis, and varpa. The handball team won the Swedish Championship three times; in 1967-68, 1972-73 and 1973-74. In 1965 they won the Swedish championship in Field handball Field handball (also known as outdoor handball or grass handball) is a soccer-like outdoor predecessor of what is now (indoor) handball. It was played at the Olympics once, at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin. It was dominated by Germany, winn .... On 17 August 1995 the club was refounded as HF Link ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SoIK Hellas
SoIK Hellas is a sports club in Stockholm, Sweden, established on 14 May 1899 as Pastorns gossar ("The Preacher's Guys") by Katarina Parish Confirmation (Lutheran Church), confirmation priest Ernst Klefbeck, before changing name to SoIK Hellas in 1912, also on the initiative of Ernst Klefbeck. Nowadays running bowling, track and field athletics, handball, swimming (sport), swimming, orienteering, tennis, and water polo, the club earlier also ran association football, soccer, table tennis, fencing, gymnastics, cross-country skiing (sport), cross-country skiing, Diving (sport), diving, ski orienteering, and squash (sport), squash. The men's water polo team has won Swedish championship titles. In 2009, the club decided to become an alliance club starting in 2010. Handball The handball team have won seven Swedish Championships (1936, 1937, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972 and 1977). They played in 1934–35 Allsvenskan (men's handball), the first season of Handbollsligan, Allsvenskan, the Swed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HK Drott
HK Drott Halmstad is a handball club, based in Halmstad, Sweden. The club has won the Swedish Championship eleven times, last in 2013. Together with Redbergslids IK, HK Drott have dominated Swedish handball between 1984 and 2003. This club has had many famous players, among them Magnus Andersson, Ola Lindgren, Bengt Johansson and Göran Bengtsson. History The founding HK Drott was founded on 10 March 1936 by Lars-Erik Dymne, Erik Månsson, Arvid Fridh and Ingvar Svensson, all 13 years of age; the club was originally formed as a football club. A few games were then played in 1937, with HK Drott winning all games played in the rural areas, while at least 3 of the games played in town were lost. The club also bought their first sports kit, based on the Arsenal F.C. model, and for practice the club rented I 16's gym. When playing away against Laholm, the club members pretended to be children to be able to buy the cheaper children's tickets. Several more football matches were ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ystads IF
Ystads IF is a professional handball club from Ystad, Sweden. They play in Handbollsligan. They won the Swedish Championship in 1976, 1992, 2022 and 2025. History 1908-1960 Ystads IF was founded in 1908 and took up handball on the programme in 1929. In 1933–34, the club won an unofficial six-team league consisting of teams from the cities of Ystad and Kristianstad. In the same season, they made their debut in Svenska mästerskapet (SM), a tournament held to determine the Swedish Champions. They were eliminated by Flottans IF Karlskrona in their first match. Ystads IF played in the highest division, at the time known as Allsvenskan, for the first time in 1940–41, but were relegated after one season. They were promoted again in 1943 and in the same season reached the semi-finals of SM, where they were defeated by Västerås HF. In 1945–46, Ystads IF finished second in the league. They reached the SM semi-finals in 1946–47, but lost to Redbergslids IK. They were rele ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
IK Heim
Idrottsklubben Heim (IK Heim) were a Swedish handball club from Gothenburg, founded in 1923. They have been List of Swedish men's handball champions, Swedish champions 7 times. They won the title in 1950 (by defeating Örebro SK, Örebro in the final), 1955, 1959, 1960 and 1962 (by winning the league). They were relegated from the Handbollsligan, top level in 1965 and did not return until 1974. In 1980, Heim reached the semifinals of the EHF Cup Winners' Cup, Cup Winners' Cup, where they lost to Spanish club CB Alicante, CB Calpisa. They won two more Swedish titles in 1982 and 1983, but were relegated again in 1984. In 2005, the club merged with Mölndal HF to form IK Heim Mölndal and later Mölndal/Heim. Heim Mölndal briefly played in the top division from 2005 to 2007. In 2009, Mölndal HF was re-founded as a separate club and Heim ceased to exist. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Heim IK Handball clubs in Sweden Sports clubs and teams in Gothenburg 1923 establishments in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Per Öberg
Per Öberg (born 3 June 1962) is a former Swedish handball player who competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and commonly known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international multi-sport event held from July 28 to August 12, 1984, in Los Angeles, California, United States. It marked the .... In 1984 he finished fifth with the Swedish team in the Olympic tournament. He played three matches and scored one goal. References 1962 births Living people Swedish male handball players Olympic handball players for Sweden Handball players at the 1984 Summer Olympics 20th-century Swedish sportsmen {{Sweden-handball-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lars Karlsson (handballer)
Lars Karlsson (born 7 January 1948) is a Swedish former handball player who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and officially branded as Munich 1972 (; ), were an international multi-sport event held in Munich, West Germany, from 26 August to 11 September 1972. It was the .... In 1972 he was part of the Swedish team which finished seventh in the Olympic tournament. He played four matches. References 1948 births Living people Swedish male handball players Olympic handball players for Sweden Handball players at the 1972 Summer Olympics 20th-century Swedish sportsmen {{Sweden-handball-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
