Victoriahallen
Encyclopedia
Victoriahallen is an ice hockey
arena in Nybro
, Sweden
. It's the fourth oldest ice hockey arena in Sweden and home to the club Nybro Vikings IF
, currently playing in the third highest league of Sweden, Division 1, after being relegated from Hockeyallsvenskan, the second division, the season 2008-2009. The arena was finished in 1963 and was rebuilt in 1984. It takes around 3,000 spectators and the spectator record this far is 3,068 from the 2003–04 season in the Småland
-derby between Nybro Vikings and Växjö Lakers.
Though Victoriahallen is still the home arena for Nybro's ice hockey club, there are plans to build a new arena in the town soon.
Ice hockey
Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...
arena in Nybro
Nybro
Nybro is a city and the seat of Nybro Municipality, Kalmar County, Sweden with 12,598 inhabitants in 2005.-Overview:The name Nybro literally means New Bridge. It was founded as a market town in the 19th century, but rapidly transformed into an industrial town. In 1865 the town became a municipality...
, Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
. It's the fourth oldest ice hockey arena in Sweden and home to the club Nybro Vikings IF
Nybro Vikings IF
Nybro Vikings IF is an ice-hockey club from Nybro in Sweden. The team was playing in the second highest league in Sweden, HockeyAllsvenskan, for seven years from 2002 to 2009...
, currently playing in the third highest league of Sweden, Division 1, after being relegated from Hockeyallsvenskan, the second division, the season 2008-2009. The arena was finished in 1963 and was rebuilt in 1984. It takes around 3,000 spectators and the spectator record this far is 3,068 from the 2003–04 season in the Småland
Småland
' is a historical province in southern Sweden.Småland borders Blekinge, Scania or Skåne, Halland, Västergötland, Östergötland and the island Öland in the Baltic Sea. The name Småland literally means Small Lands. . The latinized form Smolandia has been used in other languages...
-derby between Nybro Vikings and Växjö Lakers.
Though Victoriahallen is still the home arena for Nybro's ice hockey club, there are plans to build a new arena in the town soon.
Sources
- Official homepage (Swedish only)
- Facts from the official homepage (Swedish only)