HaparandaTornio BF

HaparandaTornio Bandy, in Swedish HaparandaTornio Bandyförening, in Finnish Haaparanta-Tornion Palloveikot, also called HT Bandy, is a Swedish-Finnish bandy club which operates teams in both the Swedish and the Finnish bandy leagues.[1] The club is located to Haparanda in Sweden and Tornio in Finland, two towns on each side of the Swedish-Finnish border. It was founded in 2008 when the two clubs in the towns decided to merge formally, after having had a deep cooperation for many years.[2]

HaparandaTornio played in Elitserien, the top-tier of Swedish bandy, in the 2009–10 and 2010–11 seasons, but has since been playing in the second level league, Allsvenskan,[3] where the team also will be playing in the 2014–15 season.[4] Tornion Palloveikot is still also playing in the Finnish top-tier Bandyliiga.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Huvudmenyn". HaparandaTornio Bandy. Retrieved 10 April 2014.
  2. ↑ "Historiken". HaparandaTornio Bandy. Retrieved 10 April 2014.
  3. ↑ "Jimmys bandysida". Retrieved 10 April 2014.
  4. ↑ "Allsvenskan (herr). Serieindelningen 2014/15". Swedish Bandy Association. Retrieved 10 April 2014.
  5. ↑ "Tornion Palloveikot". Tornion Palloveikot. Retrieved 10 April 2014.

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