Kiruna IF explained

Team:Kiruna IF
Colour:
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Colour Text:White
City:Kiruna, Sweden
League: Hockeyettan
as of the 2014–15 season
Division:Norra
Founded:1988
Arena:Lombiahallen
Colors:Red, white
Name1:Team Kiruna IF
Dates1:1988–2007
Name2:Kiruna IF
Dates2:2007–present

Kiruna IF is an ice hockey club based in Kiruna, Sweden., they will play in Hockeyettan (formerly named Division 1), the third level of ice hockey in Sweden. Their home arena is the Lombiahallen.

The club was founded in 1988 as Team Kiruna IF, a merger of the hockey departments of Kiruna AIF and IFK Kiruna. They made their debut playing in Division 1 when it was the second tier of Swedish hockey. Following the 2002–03 season, the club voluntarily withdrew from the second-tier league Allsvenskan due to financial problems. They have competed in the third-level league Hockeyettan (formerly named Division 1) since the 2003–04 season.

In June 2014, Kiruna IF announced that they would play the 2014–15 season with rainbow-coloured match jerseys to support the LGBT community, becoming the first LGBT-certified sports club in Sweden.[1] [2] [3] [4]

References

  1. Web site: Press Release . Kiruna IF . 27 June 2014 . 28 June 2014.
  2. Web site: Sweden’s Kiruna IF to wear rainbow-colored jersey next season in support of LGBTQ community . . Boylen . Rory . 26 June 2014 . 28 June 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140702200629/http://www.thehockeynews.com/blog/swedens-kiruna-if-to-wear-rainbow-colored-jersey-next-season-in-support-of-lgbtq-community/ . 2 July 2014 . dead .
  3. Web site: Swedish hockey team to wear rainbow jersey in support of LGBT rights . . Mooney . Harrison . 27 June 2014 . 28 June 2014.
  4. Web site: Sweden: Hockey team to support LGBT community with rainbow coloured jerseys next season . . Milliken . Alice . 27 June 2014 . 28 June 2014.

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