Volda TI (''Volda Turn- og Idrottslag'') is a sports club in

Volda Volda may refer to: Places *Volda Municipality Volda is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Møre og Romsdal Counties of Norway, county, Norway. It is part of the Sunnmøre Districts of Norway, region. The administrative centre i ...

Møre og Romsdal Møre og Romsdal (; ) is a Counties of Norway, county in the northernmost part of Western Norway, Western Norway. It borders the counties of Trøndelag, Innlandet, and Vestland. The county administration is located in the Molde (town), town of M ...

county,

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. It currently has sections for

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and "general sports". The club was founded as ''Voldens TF'' in 1899 as a gymnastics club. Other sports were added later, including

in 1916. The name was changed to the ''Volda TI'' in 1945. In 1998, the club was organized as an alliance sports team, which had two overarching legal entities: Football and general sports (Allidrett). It currently has sections for association football, alpine skiing, Nordic skiing, swimming, Frisbee-golf and children's athletics. The handball branch of the club in 2007 split from the Alliance and formed the Volda Handball club. , the men's football team will play in the 3rd division, the fourth tier of the

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; the squad had been promoted to compete in the 2020 3. divisjon season, but the season was cancelled due to the

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. The club had a long stint in the 2. divisjon before being relegated after the 1999 season. They briefly returned to the 2. division for the 2004 season, after winning promotion in the 2003 3. division playoffs but were relegated to 3. division for the 2005 season.

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Official site
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