The ABBA S.K., acronym for "Amatör Buz Pateni ve Buz Hokeyi Ankara İhtisas Spor Kulübü" (literally: "Ice Skating and Ice Hockey Special Amateur Sports Club"), is a sports club established 2005 in Ankara

Ankara

Ankara is the capital of Turkey and the country's second largest city after Istanbul. The city has a mean elevation of , and as of 2010 the metropolitan area in the entire Ankara Province had a population of 4.4 million....

, Turkey

Turkey

Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...

 specializing in ice hockey

Ice hockey

Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...

, Figure skating

Figure skating

Figure skating is an Olympic sport in which individuals, pairs, or groups perform spins, jumps, footwork and other intricate and challenging moves on ice skates. Figure skaters compete at various levels from beginner up to the Olympic level , and at local, national, and international competitions...

 and roller skating

Roller skating

Roller skating is the traveling on smooth surfaces with roller skates. It is a form of recreation as well as a sport, and can also be a form of transportation. Skates generally come in two basic varieties: quad roller skates and inline skates or blades, though some have experimented with a...

. The men's ice hockey team participates in the Turkish Hockey SuperLig

Turkish Ice Hockey Super League

The Turkish Ice Hockey Super League is the highest level of ice hockey in Turkey. It is operated under the jurisdiction of the Turkish Ice Hockey Federation, a member of the International Ice Hockey Federation. Unlike the National Hockey League, the Super League is not divided into conferences;...

 (TBHSL) and the women's team in the Turkish Ice Hockey Women's League

Turkish Ice Hockey Women's League

The Turkish Ice Hockey Women’s League is a women’s semi-professional ice hockey league in Turkey. It is operated under the jurisdiction of the Turkish Ice Hockey Federation, a member of the International Ice Hockey Federation. Each team is allowed to carry 2 import players per season...

. Both teams play out of the Ankara Ice Palace

Ankara Ice Palace

Ankara Ice Palace is an indoor ice skating and ice hockey arena located in the Bahçelievler neighborhood of Ankara, Turkey. It was opened in 1989 and has a capacity of about 1,150 people....

. The club's colors are orange, navy and white.

History

The ABBA S.K. was founded in 2005 under the name "Kızıl Kaplan" (literally: Red Tiger). In the second half of the same year, the club was renamed "Buz Kaplanları" (Ice Tigers) due to change of the board. In 2007, the club extended its activities by adding the sports branches of figure skating and roller skating.

The hockey team played in the 2006-2007 season in the Turkish Ice Hockey First League. At the end of the season, it nearly missed the championship, and failed so to advance to the Super League. In the 2007-2008 season, the team became champion of the First League with the help of players transferred from Belarus

Belarus

Belarus , officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered clockwise by Russia to the northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Its capital is Minsk; other major cities include Brest, Grodno , Gomel ,...

. In the 2008-2009 season, ABBA SK men's ice hockey team played in the Super League. The team played in the 2009-2010 season in the second division of Turkish Ice Hockey First League'sGroup A.