Surahammars IF
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Surahammars IF is a sports club in Surahammar
, Sweden
. The club was officially founded June 4, 1914, even though the activity started in 1911. The club now focus on ice hockey
, but they have had several sections, of which the association football and bandy
sections were of highest notability (reaching the second highest divisions in Sweden). The ice hockey section (Sura Blue Hammers) now plays in the third highest division in Sweden, but has been in the highest.
Surahammar
Surahammar is a locality and the seat of Surahammar Municipality in Västmanland County, Sweden with 6,276 inhabitants in 2005.- References :...
, 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....
. The club was officially founded June 4, 1914, even though the activity started in 1911. The club now focus on 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...
, but they have had several sections, of which the association football and 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,...
sections were of highest notability (reaching the second highest divisions in Sweden). The ice hockey section (Sura Blue Hammers) now plays in the third highest division in Sweden, but has been in the highest.