Smidjegrav Arena is an
indoor sporting arena located in
Mora,
Sweden
Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. It borders Norway to the west and north, and Finland to the east. At , Sweden is the largest Nordic count ...
. The capacity of the arena is 4,500 and it was built in 1967. It is the home arena of the
Mora IK
Mora IK (or Mora Ishockeyklubb) is a Swedish professional ice hockey club from Mora in northern Dalarna. After failing the 2019 SHL qualifiers, Mora has been relegated for play in the second-tier league, HockeyAllsvenskan. Mora has previously p ...
ice hockey
Ice hockey (or simply hockey in North America) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an Ice rink, ice skating rink with Ice hockey rink, lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. Tw ...
team. It was one of two sites for the
2007 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships
The 2007 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (''2007 WJHC'') was the 2007 edition of the Ice Hockey World Junior Championship and was held in Mora and Leksand, Sweden between December 26, 2006 and January 5, 2007. The venues were FM Mattsson ...
, along with
Ejendals Arena
Tegera Arena (formerly Ejendals Arena) is an arena in Leksand, Sweden primarily used for ice hockey. It was opened in October 2005, and is the home arena of Leksands IF. It holds 7,650 people.
History
Construction of a new arena, replacing the ...
in
Leksand
Leksand () is a Urban areas in Sweden, locality and the seat of Leksand Municipality in Dalarna County, Sweden, with 5,934 inhabitants in 2010. Leksand is situated on the southern branch of lake Siljan (lake), Siljan, where it flows into river Öst ...
.
The venue was renamed ''Smidjegrav Arena'' on 26 June 2015 following the expiration of
FM Mattsson's naming rights deal.
References
External links
Hockeyarenas.net entry
Ice hockey venues in Sweden
Sports venues in Dalarna County
Sports venues completed in 1967
1967 establishments in Sweden
Sport in Mora, Sweden
20th-century establishments in Dalarna County
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