Falu Ishockeyförening (literally ''Falu Ice Hockey Association'') or Falu IF is an

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 ...

club located in the Swedish city of

Falun Falun () is a city and the seat of Falun Municipality in Dalarna County, Sweden, with 37,291 inhabitants in 2010. It is also the capital of Dalarna County. Falun forms, together with Borlänge, a metropolitan area with just over 100,000 inhabit ...

Dalarna Dalarna (; ), also referred to by the English exonyms Dalecarlia and the Dales, is a (historical province) in central Sweden. Dalarna adjoins Härjedalen, Hälsingland, Gästrikland, Västmanland and Värmland. It is also bordered by Nor ...

. The club currently plays in the Western group of

Hockeyettan Hockeyettan is the third tier of ice hockey in Sweden. As of the 2015–16 season, the league consists of 39 teams divided geographically into four groups. Hockeyettan operates a system of promotion and relegation with HockeyAllsvenskan and D ...

, the third tier of the Swedish ice hockey system, and plays their matches in Lugnets Ishall with a capacity for 2500 spectators. The most successful season during this period was 1983/1984 when they reached

Allsvenskan Allsvenskan (; ), also known as Fotbollsallsvenskan (, ) is a professional association football league in Sweden and the highest level of the Swedish football league system. Founded in 1924, it operates on a system of promotion and relegatio ...

, which at that time was a playoff series for Division I. Falu IF's junior team has played in J18 Region and J20 Region during most seasons in the 2010s. The club also has a women's team that competes in the Nationella Damhockeyligan, where they have been very successful. The association's home arena is Lugnets Ishall, located at Lugnet in

. After the completion of the 2022/2023 season, Falu IF was offered a spot in

, following the bankruptcy of

HC Vita Hästen HC Vita Hästen is a Swedish hockey club, based in Norrköping, which was founded following the bankruptcy of a previous club called IK Vita Hästen. The team plays in HockeyTrean, the fifth tier of the Swedish ice hockey system, as of the 202 ...

. Falu IF was offered the spot as the highest-ranked second-place team in the qualifying series. This means that in the 2023/2024 season, they will be playing in

Västra.

Recent seasons

References

External links

Official websiteTeam profile at Eliteprospects.com
Ice hockey teams in Dalarna County Sport in Falun 1997 establishments in Sweden 20th-century establishments in Dalarna County {{icehockey-stub