Tingsryds AIF (sometimes abbreviated TAIF) is an
ice hockey
Ice hockey (or simply hockey) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an ice skating rink with lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. In ice hockey, two opposing teams use ice hock ...
club based in
Tingsryd
Tingsryd () is a locality and the seat of Tingsryd Municipality, Kronoberg County, Sweden, with 3,037 inhabitants in 2010.
Sister cities
* Lindström - Minnesota
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,
Sweden
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. The club is playing in
HockeyAllsvenskan
HockeyAllsvenskan (previously Allsvenskan and SuperAllsvenskan) is a professional ice hockey league, and the second-highest league in the Swedish ice hockey system (after the SHL). Since the 2009–10 season, the league consists of fourteen team ...
, the second tier of
ice hockey in Sweden
Ice hockey in Sweden has a history going back to at least 1912 and is one of the country's most popular sports. The sport was first organized in the country by the Swedish Football Association (SvFF), which was a member of the IIHF in 1912. The ...
(). The club was founded in 1923 and played seven seasons in
Division I when it was Sweden's highest-level hockey league.
Tingsryd plays their home matches at
Nelson Garden Arena (formerly known as Dackehallen), which has a capacity of 3,400 spectators.
Recent seasons
External links
Official home pageProfile on Eliteprospects.com
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Ice hockey teams in Sweden
Ice hockey clubs established in 1921
Ice hockey teams in Kronoberg County
HockeyAllsvenskan teams