Joakim Hedqvist
Encyclopedia
Joakim Hedqvist is a Swedish
professional Bandy
player, who currently plays for Edsbyns IF
in Elitserien, the top division of Swedish bandy
, with whom he has won 5 consecutive Swedish championships
.
During the season 2008/2009 he started to represent the Russian
team HK Zorkij. He ended the contract before the intended time and returned to Sweden and play with Edsbyns IF.
He made he's international début in Bandy World Championship 2009
where the Swedish team won gold-medals and Joakim Hedqvist ended on top of the Scoring table together with Jevgenij Ivanusjkin on 14 goals.
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....
professional Bandy
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,...
player, who currently plays for Edsbyns IF
Edsbyns IF
Edsbyns IF, founded on 6 June 1909, is a sports club in Edsbyn in Ovanåker Municipality in Sweden. The bandy section of the club was founded as late as in 1925 and in 2000 the section was formally made a club of its own....
in Elitserien, the top division of Swedish bandy
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,...
, with whom he has won 5 consecutive Swedish championships
Swedish bandy champions
Swedish bandy champions is a title held by the winners of the final of the highest Swedish bandy league played each year, Elitserien. The final is played in March. From the 2007-2008 season, Saturday replaced Sunday as the final date, but was changed back in 2010...
.
During the season 2008/2009 he started to represent the Russian
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
team HK Zorkij. He ended the contract before the intended time and returned to Sweden and play with Edsbyns IF.
He made he's international début in Bandy World Championship 2009
Bandy World Championship 2009
The Bandy World Championship 2009 was held between January 18 and January 25 in Västerås, Sweden. 13 countries participated in the 2009 championships: Belarus, Finland, Kazakhstan, Norway, Russia, Sweden and Canada, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Mongolia, the Netherlands and the United States...
where the Swedish team won gold-medals and Joakim Hedqvist ended on top of the Scoring table together with Jevgenij Ivanusjkin on 14 goals.
Clubs
- 2008/2009-
Edsbyns IFEdsbyns IFEdsbyns IF, founded on 6 June 1909, is a sports club in Edsbyn in Ovanåker Municipality in Sweden. The bandy section of the club was founded as late as in 1925 and in 2000 the section was formally made a club of its own....
- 2008/2009-2008/2009
HK Zorkij, Russia - 2007/2008-2004/2005 Edsbyns IF
- 2003/2004-2002/2003 Brobergs IF
- 2001/2002-2000/2001 Edsbyns IF
- 1999/2000-1993/1994 Brobergs IF