Villa Lidköping BK
Appearance
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City | Lidköping, Sweden | ||
League | Elitserien | ||
Founded | 18 January 1934 | ||
Home arena | Sparbanken Lidköping Arena | ||
Head coach | Johan Sixtensson | ||
Website | vlbk | ||
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Villa Lidköping BK is a bandy club in Lidköping i Sweden. The club was formed on January 18, 1934 as Villa BK on Lockörn outside Lidköping, where the old club cottage still is. The club's name comes from the nearby country estate Villa Giacomina.
Villa has played Swedish championship finals four times, in 1975, 1983, 2012 and 2016, but lost all of them.[1] The home games are played at Sparbanken Lidköping Arena.
In October 2018, the club won its first World Cup title.[2][3]
Squad
- As of 17 March 2015[4]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIB eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIB nationality.
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Honours
Domestic
- Swedish National Champions:[5]
- Runners-up (3): 1975, 1983, 2012, 2016
- Swedish Cup Champions:
- Winner (1): 2016
International
- World Cup:
- Winner (1): 2018
- Runners-up (1): 2016
References
- ^ "SM-finaler genom åren" (in Swedish). Swedish Bandy Association. Retrieved 16 December 2014.
- ^ "Villa vann World Cup för första gången" (in Swedish). Dagens nyheter. 14 October 2018. Retrieved 14 October 2018.
- ^ "Villa vann World Cup för första gången" (in Swedish). Sydsvenskan. 14 October 2018. Retrieved 14 October 2018.
- ^ http://www.vlbk.se/a-laget/presentation.aspx
- ^ http://iof1.idrottonline.se/SvenskaBandyforbundet/BANDYFINALEN/HISTORIK/Svenskamastare/Herrar/