HIFK Handboll

Name: – <a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helsingin_urheilutalo" class="extiw" title="fi:Helsingin urheilutalo">Helsingin Urheilutalo
City: – Helsinki
Capacity: – 860
Address: – Helsinginkatu 25, 00510 Helsinki , Finland

HIFK Handboll
HIFK Handboll
Full name	Idrottsföreningen kamraterna i Helsingfors
Short name	HIFK
Founded	1943; 81 years ago
Arena	Helsingin Urheilutalo, Helsinki
Capacity	860
Head coach	Rostislav Grinishin
League	SM-liiga
Club colours
	Website ; Official site

HIFK Handboll is a Finnish professional handball club from Helsinki. HIFK Handboll is the handball section of HIFK. The club is playing in the Finnish Handball League (SM-liiga), and play their home matches in Helsingin Urheilutalo.

Helsinki

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Location of HIFK Handboll

History[edit]

HIFK was founded in 1897. The handball department was founded in the club in 1943. The Finnish handball championship has existed since 1944, HIFK was already a founding member of the championship series in the first season. In 1945, the team became champion in its second league season, and won the second gold in 1951. So far, the club is a total of 7 champions and 5 cup winners.