Upsala Studenters IF
Upsala Studenters IF is a Swedish sport club from Uppsala founded in 1908. They club has had sections in basketball, table tennis, athletics, fencing, handball, volleyball, bandy and tennis[1] The handball team was promoted to Allsvenskan in 1937.[2] They won the Swedish championship, decided by a straight knockout tournament, in 1939.[3] After that season, they withdrew from Allsvenskan and never returned.[2] They did, however, play in the last edition of the Swedish championship tournament in 1952 (after that the Swedish champions title was awarded to the league winners).[3] In 2012, the handball team merged with and formed .[4]
References[]
- ^ "Föreningen". Retrieved 6 July 2017.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Placeringar i högsta serien" (PDF). Retrieved 6 July 2017.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Boken om handboll ("The book about handball"). Bygd och folk förlag. pp. 46–75.
- ^ "Om klubben". Retrieved 6 July 2017.
Categories:
- Swedish handball clubs
- 1908 establishments in Sweden
- Sports clubs established in 1908
- Sport in Uppsala County
- Sport in Uppsala