KhK Vympel () is a Russian

bandy Bandy is a winter sport and ball sport played by two team sport, teams wearing Ice skates#Bandy skates, 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 playin ...

club based in

Korolyov, Moscow Oblast Korolyov or Korolev ( rus, Королёв, p=kərɐˈlʲɵf) is an industrial city in Moscow Oblast, Russia, well known as the cradle of Soviet and Russian space exploration. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 183,402, the largest as a ...

, founded in 1934. The club colours are white, red and blue. In 1963 it won the bronze in the Soviet national championship. Their stadium, called Stadium Vympel, was expecting artificial ice, However, the project was abandoned. Although an indoor ice hockey-sized arena entered the plans instead, the official reason given was financial problems.

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