IFK Nässjö is a sports club in Nässjö,

Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names states that the country's formal name is the Kingdom of SwedenUNGEGN World Geographical Names, Sweden./ref> is a Nordic country located on ...

, established in 1924. The men's

bandy Bandy is a winter sport and ball sport played by two teams wearing ice skates on a large ice surface (either indoors or outdoors) while using sticks to direct a ball into the opposing team's goal. The international governing body for bandy is ...

team played in the 1944 qualifying rounds for the Swedish top division, before being disestablished in 1968. The women's bandy section was started in 2004, taking over

Nässjö IF Nässjö IF, full name ''Nässjö Idrottsförening'', is a sports club in Nässjö, Sweden, mostly active with playing bandy. The club colours are blue and yellow, but the team uniforms are often in blue and white. The club was founded in 1899. Th ...

's women's bandy team. The IFK Nässjö women's bandy team won the Swedish national championship in 2009, and lost the national final in 2008 and 2010. All three final games were played against AIK. The U-17 girls' bandy team also won the Swedish national championship during the seasons of 2004-2005 and 2005–2006. The club was appointed " IFK club of the year 2006" on 18 August 2007. On 23 August 2011 the club announced its withdrawal from the Swedish women's bandy top division following lack of players.

References

External links

Official website
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