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| Location | Ljusdal, Sweden |
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| Capacity | 6,000 |
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Ljusdals IP is a sports venue in Ljusdal. It is the home of Ljusdals BK [1] and was the Bandy World Cup venue until 2008, when the tournament moved indoors. [2]
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| Location | Ljusdal, Sweden |
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| Capacity | 6,000 |
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Ljusdals IP is a sports venue in Ljusdal. It is the home of Ljusdals BK [1] and was the Bandy World Cup venue until 2008, when the tournament moved indoors. [2]
Bandy is a winter sport and ball sport played by two teams wearing ice skates on a large ice surface while using sticks to direct a ball into the opposing team's goal.
Ljusdal Municipality is one of Sweden's 290 municipalities within Gävleborg County. Its seat is Ljusdal.
Hälsingland, sometimes referred to as Helsingia in English, is a historical province or landskap in central Sweden. It borders Gästrikland, Dalarna, Härjedalen, Medelpad and the Gulf of Bothnia. It is part of the land of Norrland.
Ljusdal is a locality and the seat of Ljusdal Municipality, Gävleborg County, Sweden with 6,230 inhabitants in 2010.
The Bandy World Championship is a competition for the men's teams of bandy-playing nations. The tournament is administrated by the Federation of International Bandy. It is distinct from the Bandy World Cup, a club competition, and from the Women's Bandy World Championship. A Youth Bandy World Championship also exists separately from the senior competition and has competitions in both the male and female categories.
The Bandy World Cup is an international bandy competition played in Sweden at the beginning of the bandy season every year, in autumn. The participating teams qualify based on their results in the previous bandy season.
Edsbyns IF, is a bandy team from Edsbyn in Ovanåker Municipality in Sweden founded on 6 June 1909. The bandy section of the club was founded as late as in 1925 was formally made a club of its own on 28 June 2000.
Hammarby IF Bandyförening is a Swedish bandy club from Södermalm, Stockholm, a section of the sports club Hammarby IF.
The combination Allsvenskan and Elitserien was earlier the highest level of bandy in Sweden contested annually between Swedish bandy clubs. The Allsvenskan was split into two regional divisions: the Allsvenskan Norra (north) and the Allsvenskan Södra (south), in which the teams played during the autumn. After the Christmas holiday the Allsvenskan was split into Elitserien and Superallsvenskan. The season ended in March with a final on Studenternas IP like the Super Bowl.
Ljusdals BK (LBK) is a Swedish bandy club currently playing in Elitserien (the top division in Swedish bandy). LBK was founded on 19 January 1943 and is playing at Gamla Idrottsparken (IP) in Ljusdal, Hälsingland. In 1975, the club won the Swedish national championship. Ljusdal have a supporters group called "Ljusdal Lightnings".
Jarno Väkiparta is a Finnish bandy player who currently plays for Tillberga IK Bandy from Sweden. Jarno is a forward who has represented the Finnish national team. Jarno started his career in his homeland at Narukerä before moving to Ljusdals BK of Sweden in 1998. He has also played for IFK Motala, Västerås SK and Katrineholms SK before moving to Tillberga. His best achievement is the World Championship gold in Bandy World Championship 2004.
Oscar Jonsson is a Swedish Bandy player who currently plays for Ljusdals BK as a half back or midfielder. Oscar represented the Swedish national bandy team during the 2004/05 season.
Jonas Svensson is a Swedish Bandy player who currently plays for Ljusdals BK as a goalkeeper. Jonas was developed at Ljusdals BK and have after that played for a lot of clubs. In April 2008 he signed, together with Hammarbys other goalkeeper Patrik Nordgaard, a new two-year contract with Hammarby. He returned home to Ljusdal in summer of 2009.
Allsvenskan is since the 2007–08 the second highest level of bandy in Sweden and comprises 24 teams in two regional groups. This change was made when Allsvenskan and Elitserien were cancelled and a new top-tier called Elitserien was created.
Anders Svensson is a Swedish bandy player who currently plays for Edsbyn as a goalkeeper.
Torbjörn Ek was a Swedish bandy and football player and manager. He was considered one of the country's top bandy players during the 1970s and early 1980s.
Ljusdals IF is a sports club in Ljusdal, Sweden, currently only playing soccer.
Ruddalens IP is a sports venue in Västra Frölunda, Gothenburg, Sweden.
Edsbyn Arena is a sports venue in Edsbyn, Sweden. It is the home of Edsbyns IF. Inaugurated on 22 September 2003 by King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden, it was the first indoor bandy rink in Sweden.
Kevin Brown is an American bandy player, playing professionally in clubs in Sweden for many years. He played with Ljusdals BK for six years.