Bollnäs GIF
Encyclopedia
Bollnäs GoIF/BF "Giffarna", is a bandy
club founded in 1895 from Bollnäs
in Sweden
who play at Sävstaås Idrottspark. The club won the World Cup
in 2005. The club has played fifty seasons in the Elitserien
and has twice won the league in 1950 and 1956.
Bandy
Bandy is a team winter sport played on ice, in which skaters use sticks to direct a ball into the opposing team's goal.The rules of the game have many similarities to those of association football: the game is played on a rectangle of ice the same size as a football field. Each team has 11 players,...
club founded in 1895 from Bollnäs
Bollnäs
Bollnäs is a locality and the seat of Bollnäs Municipality, Gävleborg County, Sweden with 12,455 inhabitants in 2005.- History :In written sources Bollnäs is traced from 1312, by a vicar named Ingemund who referred to it as Baldenaes, which means "the large isthmus," referring to the isthmus into a...
in 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....
who play at Sävstaås Idrottspark. The club won the World Cup
Bandy World Cup
The Bandy World Cup is held every year in Ljusdal in Sweden. 2009 and 2010 it will be played indoors in Sandviken until Ljusdal get their indoor arena...
in 2005. The club has played fifty seasons in the Elitserien
Elitserien
Elitserien, is a professional ice hockey league composed of twelve teams in Sweden...
and has twice won the league in 1950 and 1956.
External links
- http://www.bandysidan.nu/ibdb/teaminfo.php?LagID=1&sprak=eng&land=3 bollnäs gif at bandysidan
- http://www.giffarna.com/ official club website