List of Swedish bandy champions
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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.
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 was Friends Arena. In 2013 and 2014 the final was played at Friends Arena in Solna and from 2015 it was played at Tele2 Arena in Stockholm. On 8 May 2017, the it was announced that the finals would be moved back to Studenternas IP.
In September 2023, the Swedish Bandy Association decided that the 2024 men's, women's and youth finals would be played in the ABB Arena in Västerås.[6][7][8][9]
In June 2024, the Swedish Bandy Association and Västerås Municipality agreed that even 2024 and 2025 finals would be played in Västerås.[10]
The attendance record of the finals is from March 16, 2013, when 38,474 people saw Hammarby IF against Sandvikens AIK on Friends Arena.[11]
Winners throughout the years
Men
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- Notes
Women
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[15]
Title champions
Men's titles per club
Titles | Club |
---|---|
21 | Västerås SK |
13 | Edsbyns IF |
12 | IFK Uppsala |
9 | IF Boltic, Sandvikens AIK |
5 | Brobergs IF, IK Sirius, Örebro SK |
4 | IK Göta, Slottsbrons IF |
3 | AIK, IF Göta, Katrineholms SK, Vetlanda BK, Villa Lidköping BK |
2 | Bollnäs GoIF, Djurgårdens IF, Falu BS, Hammarby IF, IK Huge, Skutskärs IF |
1 | Ljusdals BK, IFK Motala, Nässjö IF, SK Tirfing, Västanfors IF |
Women's titles per club
Titles | Club |
---|---|
15 | AIK |
8 | IK Göta |
6 | Västerstrands AIK, IF Boltic |
4 | Kareby IS, Villa Lidköping BK |
3 | Sandvikens AIK |
2 | Katrineholms SK, Västerås SK |
1 | IFK Nässjö, Skutskärs IF |
Men's titles per town
Titles | Town | Clubs |
---|---|---|
21 | Västerås | Västerås SK |
17 | Uppsala | IFK Uppsala (12), IK Sirius (5) |
15 | Karlstad | IF Boltic (9), IF Göta (6) |
13 | Edsbyn | Edsbyns IF |
9 | Sandviken | Sandvikens AIK |
8 | Stockholm | AIK (3)[4], 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 | |
Lidköping | Villa Lidköping BK | |
2 | Gävle | IK Huge |
Bollnäs | Bollnäs GoIF | |
Falun | Falu BS | |
1 | Fagersta | Västanfors IF |
Nässjö | Nässjö IF | |
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, Lidköping | Villa Lidköping BK |
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) |
2 | Villa Lidköping BK (2021, 2024) |
References
- ^ Svenska Dagbladets årsbok 1934 ("Yearbook of Svenska Dagbladet 1934")
- ^ "Bandysidan.nu - Stefan Karlsson".
- ^ "Bandysidan.nu - Ola Johansson".
- ^ [1] Svenska Bandyförbundet
- ^ Erik Jonsson (13 June 2013). "Bandyfinaler på sjöis" (in Swedish). Svenskbandy.se. Retrieved 12 March 2014.
- ^ Rasmus Hammarström (20 September 2023). "Västerås blir värdstad till bandyns SM-finaler". SVT Västmanland (in Swedish). Retrieved 20 September 2023.
- ^ Christoffer Urborn (20 September 2023). "Uppsala förlorar bandyfinalerna till Västerås". SVT Uppsala (in Swedish). Retrieved 20 September 2023.
- ^ Erik Svedberg, Christer Engqvist (20 September 2023). "Bandyfinalerna lämnar Uppsala". Sveriges Radio (in Swedish). Retrieved 20 September 2023.
- ^ "Flyttade bandyfinalerna mångmiljonförlust för Uppsala". Sveriges Radio (in Swedish). 20 September 2023. Retrieved 20 September 2023.
- ^ Elin Krell (13 June 2024). "Bandyfinalerna stannar i Västerås 2025 och 2026" (in Swedish). SVT Västmanland. Retrieved 20 June 2024.
- ^ [2] Sydsvenska Dagbladet (in swedish)
- ^ [3] Svenska Bandyförbundet
- ^ "Matchrapport: 020000004001". Archived from the original on 2013-04-26. Retrieved 2013-03-17. Elitrapport (in Swedish)
- ^ Picture with the record attendance
- ^ "Svenska mästare – Damer". Svenskbandy.se.
- ^ Jonathan Kvarnström (17 March 2023). "Tilda Ström femmålsskytt när Villa vann tredje raka SM-finalen" (in Swedish). SVT Sport. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
External links
- Images from the Swedish national bandy championship finals at på Studenternas IP i Uppsala
- Swedish bandy national championship finals at SVT's open archive (in Swedish)
- Svenska Bandyförbundet - Herrfinaler
- Svenska Bandyförbundet - Damfinaler
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