Alstermo IF Handboll are a professional

Professional sports

Professional sports, as opposed to amateur sports, are sports in which athletes receive payment for their performance. Professional athleticism has come to the fore through a combination of developments. Mass media and increased leisure have brought larger audiences, so that sports organizations...

 handball

Team handball

Handball is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each pass a ball to throw it into the goal of the other team...

 team based in Alstermo

Alstermo

Alstermo is a locality situated in Uppvidinge Municipality, Kronoberg County, Sweden with 859 inhabitants in 2005.- Overview :Alstermo is situated along theAlster River in the deep forests of Uppvidinge...

, Sweden

Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

. They are the handball department of the sports club

Sports club

A sports club or sport club, sometimes athletics club or sports association is a club for the purpose of playing one or more sports...

 Alstermo IF

Alstermo IF

Alstermo Idrottsförening is a sports club from Alstermo , Sweden that was founded on the 22nd August 1927. The club currently specialises in football, handball, gymnastics, orienteering, skiing, cross-country skiing and roller skiing. The club has seen the greatest success in handball...

. The department was formed in 1971 with the help of Allan Myhrberg, Lars-Gunnar Serell, Lars Åberg, Reine Blad och Åke Erlandsson . Alstermo IF Handboll currently plays in Allsvenskan, the second highest-level Swedish team handball league (after Elitserien) . Alstermo IF Handbolls biggest merit so far is playoff to Elitserien 2004

External links

• Official site
• Official Facebook page