IFK Karlskrona

Swedish handball club

IFK Karlskrona

Founded	14 March 1921; 103 years ago (1921年03月14日)
Arena	Brinova Arena, Karlskrona
Capacity	2,500
Head coach	Hans Karlsson
League	Allsvenskan
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Website Official site

IFK Karlskrona are a Swedish handball club based in Karlskrona. The club was founded in 1921.^[1] They won Allsvenskan in 1944–1945.^[2] They reached the final of the Swedish championship, at the time played as a straight knockout tournament, in 1940, 1944 and 1945, but were beaten each time by Majorna.^[3] They won Allsvenskan again in 1948–49,^[2] but were eliminated in the first round of the Swedish championship by Näsby IF.^[3] In 1952, the Swedish championship tournament was discontinued and the Swedish champions title was awarded to the winners of Allsvenskan.^[4] The club finished second in Allsvenskan in 1955–56; their fourth Swedish championship silver.^[2] They were relegated from Allsvenkan in 1961 and did not return until 1981. In 1983, Karlskrona reached the final of the IHF Cup, where they were defeated by Soviet club ZTR Zaporizhia.^[5] They most recently played in the top division, renamed Elitserien, in 1995.^[2] They currently play in Division 2, the fourth level.^[6]

Kits

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AWAY
2015–16	2017–18	2018–20

References

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^ "Om klubben" . Retrieved 6 July 2017.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Placeringar i högsta serien" (PDF). Retrieved 6 July 2017.
^ ^a ^b Boken om handboll ("The book about handball"). Bygd och folk förlag. pp. 46–75.
^ "SM-slutspel, herrar" (PDF). Retrieved 6 July 2017.
^ "Men Handball European IHF Cup 1983". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 15 November 2017.
^ "Serieindelning – Herr 17/18" . Retrieved 6 July 2017.

v t e Handbollsligan
Seasons	1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
2022–23 teams	Alingsås HK Eskilstuna Guif Hammarby IF HK Aranäs HK Malmö IF Hallby IFK Kristianstad IFK Skövde IK Sävehof Lugi HF OV Helsingborg Redbergslids IK Ystads IF Önnereds HK
Former teams	AIK BK Heid BK Söder Borlänge HK Djurgårdens IF F11 Nyköping IF GF Frithiof GF Kroppskultur GIK Wasaiterna GoIF Fram Göteborgs BoIS Göteborgs IK H43 Lund HK Cliff HK Drott HK Varberg HP Warta IF Saab IF Start IFK Borås IFK Karlskrona IFK Lidingö IFK Lund IFK Malmö IFK Trelleborg IFK Tumba IFK Ystad HK IFK Örebro IK Baltichov IK Göta IK Heim IK Tord Irsta HF IS Göta Karlskrona BK Karlskrona Handboll Karlstad BK Katrineholms AIK KFUM Borås Kiruna AIF LIF Lindesberg Ludvika HF Lundens BK Lysekils HK Majornas IK Malmbergets AIF Näsby IF OV Helsingborg HK Ricoh HK Rimbo HK Sandvikens HK Sanna IF Skånela IF Skövde AIK SoIK Hellas Stavstens IF Stockholms-Flottans IF Stockholmspolisens IF UoIF Matteuspojkarna Upsala IF Upsala Studenters IF Vikingarnas IF Visby IF Gute Västerås HF Västerås IK VästeråsIrsta HF Västra Frölunda IF Växjö HF Örebro SK