List of Swedish bandy champions
Swedish bandy champions (Swedish: Svenska mästare i bandy) is a title held by the winners of the final of the highest Swedish bandy league played each year, Elitserien.
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The final is called Svenska bandyfinalen ("Swedish Bandy Final") and is played in March. From the 2007–08 season, Saturday replaced Sunday as the final date, but was changed back to Sunday again and again to Saturday in 2015 in 2010. In 2009 Eurosport 2 showed it for the 1st time.
History
The first final was held in 1907, when IFK Uppsala beat IFK Gävle with 4–1 in Boulognerskogen, Gävle.
In 1912 two winners were declared, because no replay of the tied final could be played due to the weather.[4]
Venue
The arena with the most finals is Stockholm Olympic Stadium in Stockholm (50 times), Söderstadion in Stockholm (23) and Studenternas IP (17). Other venues are Rocklunda IP in Västerås, Idrottsparken in Norrköping, the bay of Brunnsviken in Stockholm, Tunavallen in Eskilstuna, Strömvallen in Gävle and Tingvalla IP in Karlstad.
Until the mid-20th Century, bandy was often played on naturally frozen lakes. The final was played on lakes eight times, 1907, 1910, 1912, 1914, 1915, 1934 (the replay), 1943 (the replay), and 1949.[5]
From 1991 to 2012, all men's finals have been held on Studenternas IP in Uppsala. The final weekend starts with finals for youth's, junior's and women's team on Saturday and the men's final on Sunday. From 2013 the new venue is Friends Arena. In 2013 and 2014 the final was played at Friends Arena in Solna and from 2015 it is played at Tele2 Arena in Stockholm.
The attendance record of the finals is from mars 16, 2013, when 38,474 people saw Hammarby IF against Sandvikens AIK on Friends Arena.[6]
Winners throughout the years
Men
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- Notes
- AIK moved to Solna in the 1930s.
- The spring weather made a replay impossible, so the championship title was shared
- This was the last time the final was played on a naturally frozen lake
- The match was broken down into three thirds because of snowy weather
Women
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Title champions
Men's titles per club
Titles | Club |
---|---|
20 | Västerås SK |
12 | IFK Uppsala, Edsbyns IF |
9 | IF Boltic, Sandvikens AIK |
5 | Örebro SK, IK Sirius, Brobergs IF |
4 | IK Göta, Slottsbrons IF |
3 | AIK, IF Göta, Katrineholms SK, Vetlanda BK |
2 | Bollnäs GoIF, Djurgårdens IF, Falu BS, IK Huge, Skutskärs IF, Hammarby IF |
1 | SK Tirfing, Nässjö IF, Västanfors IF, Ljusdals BK, IFK Motala, Villa Lidköping BK |
Women's titles per club
Titles | Club |
---|---|
15 | AIK |
8 | IK Göta |
6 | Västerstrands AIK, IF Boltic |
4 | Kareby IS |
3 | Sandvikens AIK |
2 | Katrineholms SK, Västerås SK |
1 | IFK Nässjö, Skutskärs IF |
Men's titles per town
Titles | Town | Clubs |
---|---|---|
20 | Västerås | Västerås SK |
17 | Uppsala | IFK Uppsala (12), IK Sirius (5) |
15 | Karlstad | IF Boltic (9), IF Göta (6) |
12 | Edsbyn | Edsbyns IF |
9 | Sandviken | Sandvikens AIK |
8 | Stockholm | AIK (3), Djurgårdens IF (2), Hammarby IF (2), IK Göta (1) |
5 | Örebro | Örebro SK |
Söderhamn | Brobergs IF | |
4 | Slottsbron | Slottsbrons IF |
3 | Älvkarleby | Skutskärs IF (2), SK Tirfing (1) |
Katrineholm | Katrineholms SK | |
Vetlanda | Vetlanda BK | |
2 | Gävle | IK Huge |
Bollnäs | Bollnäs GoIF | |
Falun | Falu BS | |
1 | Fagersta | Västanfors IF |
Nässjö | Nässjö IF | |
Lidköping | Villa Lidköping BK | |
Ljusdal | Ljusdals BK | |
Motala | IFK Motala | |
- Notes
^ AIK moved from Stockholm to Solna in the 1930s, but all titles were taken before the move.
Women's titles per town
Titles | Town | Club |
---|---|---|
15 | Solna | AIK |
12 | Karlstad | Västerstrands AIK (6), IF Boltic (6) |
8 | Stockholm | IK Göta |
4 | Kareby | Kareby IS |
3 | Sandviken | Sandvikens AIK |
2 | Katrineholm | Katrineholms SK |
Västerås | Västerås SK | |
1 | Nässjö | IFK Nässjö |
Men's and women's titles the same year
Years | Club |
---|---|
3 | IF Boltic (1982, 1984, 1985) |
References
- Svenska Dagbladets årsbok 1934 ("Yearbook of Svenska Dagbladet 1934")
- http://www.bandysidan.nu/player.php?SpelareID=2971
- http://bandysidan.nu/player.php?SpelareID=2675
- Svenska Bandyförbundet
- Erik Jonsson (13 June 2013). "Bandyfinaler på sjöis" (in Swedish). Svenskbandy.se. Retrieved 12 March 2014.
- Sydsvenska Dagbladet (in swedish)
- Svenska Bandyförbundet
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-04-26. Retrieved 2013-03-17.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) Elitrapport (in Swedish)
- Picture with the record attendance
- "Svenska mästare – Damer". Svenskbandy.se.