Swedish Ice Hockey Association
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| Association name | Swedish Ice Hockey Association |
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| IIHF Code | SWE |
| IIHF membership | March 23, 1912 |
| President | Christer Englund |
| IIHF men's ranking | 1 |
| IIHF women's ranking | 6 |
| http://www.swehockey.se | |
The Swedish Ice Hockey Association (SIHA) or Svenska Ishockeyförbundet in Swedish, is an association of Swedish sports clubs with ice hockey activities.
SIHA was originally part of the Swedish Football Association but became an association of its own on November 17, 1922. In 1920, the SIHA became a member of the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF). Apart from hockey, inline hockey is the province of the SIHA as well.
The association's general secretary currently is Christer Englund.
Leagues and levels
In Sweden ice hockey is played nationwide in the following levels:
- Swedish Hockey League
- HockeyAllsvenskan
- Division 1
- Division 2
- Division 3
- Division 4
- Veteran Ice Hockey
- Women Ice Hockey
- Junior under 20
- Junior under 18
- Junior under 17
- Junior under 16
- Junior under 15
- Junior under 14
- Junior under 13
- Junior under 12
- Junior under 11
- Junior under 10
- Girl league
- School league
National teams
Sweden has seven national ice hockey teams:
- Team Sweden
- Women's National Team
- Team U20
- Team U19
- Team U18
- Team U17
- Team U16
- National inline team
Chairmen
Following persons have been chairmen.[1]
- 1922-1924: Isaac Westergren
- 1924-1948: Anton Johanson
- 1948-1973: Helge Berglund
- 1973-1978: Ove Rainer
- 1978-1983: Arne Grunander
- 1983-2002: Rickard Fagerlund
- 2002-2004: Kjell Gustav Nilsson
- 2004-: Christer Englund
References
- "GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT SWEDISH ICE HOCKEY" (PDF). The Swedish Ice Hockey Association. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 7, 2006. Retrieved May 24, 2006.
- ↑ "Om Svenska Ishockeyförbundet" (in Swedish). Swedish Ice Hockey Association. Retrieved 1 September 2011.
External links
- Svenska Ishockeyförbundet (Official site both in Swedish only)
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