Ystads IF

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Ystads IF
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Full nameYstads Idrottsförening Handbollsförening
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Founded1908;116 years ago (1908)
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Capacity2,700
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Ystads IF is a professional handball club from Ystad, Sweden. They play in Handbollsligan. They won the Swedish Championship in 1976, 1992 and 2022.

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Ystad
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Location of Ystads IF

History

Ystads IF was founded in 1908 and took up handball on the programme in 1929. [1] In 1933–34, the club won an unofficial six-team league consisting of teams from the cities of Ystad and Kristianstad. [2] [3] 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. [4] 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. [5] They were promoted again in 1943 [5] and in the same season reached the semi-finals of SM, where they were defeated by Västerås HF. [6] In 1945–46, Ystads IF finished second in the league. [5] They reached the SM semi-finals in 1946–47, but lost to Redbergslids IK. [7] They were relegated from Allsvenskan in the following season. They played in Allsvenskan again from 1954 to 1957. Ystads IF were promoted back to Allsvenskan in 1968 and finished fourth in the league in 1968–69. [5] By this time, the SM tournament had been discontinued and the Swedish Champions were determined by a playoffs tournament between the four highest-placed teams in the league. They defeated HK Drott in the semi-finals but lost against SoIK Hellas in the finals. [8] They were relegated in 1972 but promoted again after a single season. [5] In 1975–76, Ystads IF finished second in the league and won their first Swedish Championship, winning against IFK Malmö in the semi-finals and IK Heim in the finals. [9] Two years later, they won the regular season but lost the semi-finals against Lugi HF. [10] In 1978–79, they finished second in the league and lost the finals against Drott. [11] In the following season they finished second in the league again and also again lost the finals, this time to Lugi. [12] They won the regular season in 1980–81, but lost their third consecutive final, against Vikingarnas IF. [13] Ystads IF finished second in the league in 1981–82 and 1982–83 and won the league in 1983–84, but were eliminated in the semi-finals in each of those seasons. [14] [15] [16] They reached the playoffs again in 1986–87 and 1987–88, but were defeated by Redbergslids IK in the semi-finals both times. [17] [18] In 1990–91, they finished third in the league, which had been renamed Elitserien and with the playoffs having been expanded to six teams. They eliminated Redbergslid in the quarter-finals but lost against Irsta HF in the semi-finals. [19] In 1991–92, Ystads IF won the regular season and also their second Swedish Championship, defeating Drott in the final series. [20] In the following season they finished third in Elitserien, and their title defence ended in the semi-finals against IK Sävehof. [21] In 1993–94 they were relegated from Elitserien. They were promoted in the following season but were relegated again a year later. They did not return to Elitserien until 2006. [5] By this time the playoffs hand been expanded to eight teams. They finished fifth in the league, but were eliminated by Redbergslid in the quarter-finals. Since returning to the top division, Ystads IF have reached the semi-finals in 2007–08, 2009–10, 2011–12, 2014–15, 2015–16 and 2016–17, but lost each time. [22] [23] [24] [25] [26] [27] In 2021–22 they reached the finals, and managed to win their first Swedish Championship in 30 years. [28]

Crest, colours, supporters

Kits

Sports Hall information

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Home hall: Ystad Arena

Team

Current squad

Squad for the 2022–23 season [29]
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Technical staff

Transfers

Transfers for the 2023–24 season

Previous Squads

European record

EHF European Cup

The EHF European Cup is an annual men's handball club competition organised by the European Handball Federation (EHF). It is the third-tier competition of European club handball, after the EHF Champions League and the EHF European League. Founded in 1993 as the EHF City Cup, it was renamed EHF Challenge Cup in 2000, and EHF European Cup from the 2020–21 season.

SeasonRoundClubHomeAwayAggregate
2020–21
Silver medal blank.svg Finalist		Round 2 Flag of Lithuania.svg VHC Šviesa 36–3336–2972–62
Round 3 Flag of Estonia.svg HC Tallinn 30–2127–2457–45
Round 4 Flag of Austria.svg SG Handball West Wien wo.
Quarter-finals Flag of Estonia.svg Põlva Serviti 29–2533–2862–53
Semi-finals Flag of Cyprus.svg Sabbianco Anorthosis Famagusta 26–2224–2650–48
Finals Flag of Greece.svg AEK Athens 20–2426–3046–54

EHF ranking

As of 12/10/2022 [30]
RankTeamPoints
66 Flag of Austria.svg Handballclub Fivers Margareten 82
67 Flag of Turkey.svg Beşiktaş JK 80
68 Flag of Iceland.svg Valur 80
69 Flag of Sweden.svg Ystads IF79
70 Flag of Poland.svg Górnik Zabrze 78
71 Flag of Norway.svg ØIF Arendal 76
72 Flag of Denmark.svg Skjern Håndbold 74

Former club members

Notable former players

Former coaches

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1986–1988 Caj-Åke Andersson Flag of Sweden.svg
1988–1993 Kent-Harry Andersson Flag of Sweden.svg
1993–1999 Carl Basti Rasmussen Flag of Sweden.svg
1999–2002 Sten Sjögren Flag of Sweden.svg
2004–2007 Robert Hedin Flag of Sweden.svg
2010 Pelle Käll Flag of Sweden.svg
2010–2013 Carl Basti Rasmussen Flag of Sweden.svg
2013–2017 Sebastian Seifert Flag of Sweden.svg
2020– Oscar Carlén Flag of Sweden.svg

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References

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  2. ↑ Nilsson, Jonas (2014). Boken om IFK Kristianstad 115 år 1899–2014 (The book about IFK Kristianstad 115 years 1899–2014). pp. 69–70. ISBN   978-9-1637652-0-9.
  3. ↑ Sven Lindvall. Skånes idrottshistoria – årsbarn, del 2 (The sport history of Scania – age-mate, part 2). p. 56.
  4. ↑ Wolf Lyberg. Boken om handboll (The book about handball). pp. 47–48.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Placeringar i högsta serien" (PDF). Retrieved 25 March 2018.
  6. ↑ Wolf Lyberg (1953). Boken om handboll (The book about handball). pp. 59–60.
  7. ↑ Wolf Lyberg (1953). Boken om handboll (The book about handball). pp. 64–66.
  8. ↑ Handbollboken 1969 (The handball book 1969). Swedish Handball Federation. 1969.
  9. ↑ Handbollboken 1976 (The handball book 1976). Swedish Handball Federation. 1976.
  10. ↑ Handbollboken 1978 (The handball book 1978). Swedish Handball Federation. 1978.
  11. ↑ Handbollboken 1979 (The handball book 1979). Swedish Handball Federation. 1979.
  12. ↑ Handbollboken 1980 (The handball book 1980). Swedish Handball Federation. 1980.
  13. ↑ Handbollboken 1981 (The handball book 1981). Swedish Handball Federation. 1981.
  14. ↑ Handbollboken 1982 (The handball book 1982). Swedish Handball Federation. 1982.
  15. ↑ Handbollboken 1983 (The handball book 1983). Swedish Handball Federation. 1983.
  16. ↑ Handbollboken 1984 (The handball book 1984). Swedish Handball Federation. 1984.
  17. ↑ Handbollboken 1987 (The handball book 1987). Swedish Handball Federation. 1987.
  18. ↑ Handbollboken 1988 (The handball book 1988). Swedish Handball Federation. 1988.
  19. ↑ Handbollboken 1991 (The handball book 1991). Swedish Handball Federation. 1991.
  20. ↑ Handbollboken 1992 (The handball book 1992). Swedish Handball Federation. 1992.
  21. ↑ Handbollboken 1993 (The handball book 1993). Swedish Handball Federation. 1993.
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  23. ↑ "Handboll 2009/2010 Elitserien semifinal" . Retrieved 25 March 2018.
  24. ↑ "Handboll 2011/2012 Elitserien semifinal" . Retrieved 25 March 2018.
  25. ↑ "Handboll 2014/2015 Elitserien semifinal" . Retrieved 25 March 2018.
  26. ↑ "Handboll 2015/2016 Elitserien semifinal" . Retrieved 25 March 2018.
  27. ↑ "Handboll 2016/2017 Hansbollsligan semifinal" . Retrieved 25 March 2018.
  28. ↑ "VÄNTAN ÄR ÖVER – YIF SVENSKA MÄSTARE". Handbollsligan. Retrieved 27 May 2022.
  29. ↑ "Ystads IF Handboll - Truppen" (in Swedish). Retrieved 2023-08-28.
  30. ↑ "Eurotopteam, classement européen des clubs de Handball".
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