IL Flint
Encyclopedia
Idrettslaget Flint is a Norwegian
sports club from Søndre Slagen, Tønsberg
, Vestfold
. It has sections for association football, team handball
, volleyball
, table tennis
and track and field
.
It was founded in 1917.
The women's handball team won the First Division, the second tier, in the 2009–10 season. It will play in Postenligaen
from 2010.
On 10 October 2001, the football section cooperated with 19 other teams in the region to form an elite umbrella team, FK Tønsberg. Nonethtless, the men's football team was unaffected by the FK Tønsberg founding. It plays in the Third Division, the fourth tier of Norwegian football.
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
sports club from Søndre Slagen, Tønsberg
Tønsberg
is a city and municipality in Vestfold county, southern Norway, located around north-east of Sandefjord. The administrative centre of the municipality is the city of Tønsberg....
, Vestfold
Vestfold
is a county in Norway, bordering Buskerud and Telemark. The county administration is in Tønsberg.Vestfold is located west of the Oslofjord, as the name indicates. It includes many smaller, but well-known towns in Norway, such as Larvik, Sandefjord, Tønsberg and Horten. The river Numedalslågen runs...
. It has sections for association football, team handball
Team handball
Handball is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each pass a ball to throw it into the goal of the other team...
, volleyball
Volleyball
Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive...
, table tennis
Table tennis
Table tennis, also known as ping-pong, is a sport in which two or four players hit a lightweight, hollow ball back and forth using table tennis rackets. The game takes place on a hard table divided by a net...
and track and field
Track and field
Track and field is a sport comprising various competitive athletic contests based around the activities of running, jumping and throwing. The name of the sport derives from the venue for the competitions: a stadium which features an oval running track surrounding a grassy area...
.
It was founded in 1917.
The women's handball team won the First Division, the second tier, in the 2009–10 season. It will play in Postenligaen
Postenligaen
-2010–11 season teams:*BSK/NIF*Drammen HK*Elverum*Follo*Fyllingen*Haslum HK*Oppsal IF*Runar*Stord*Viking HK*Vålerenga*ØIF Arendal- External links:*...
from 2010.
On 10 October 2001, the football section cooperated with 19 other teams in the region to form an elite umbrella team, FK Tønsberg. Nonethtless, the men's football team was unaffected by the FK Tønsberg founding. It plays in the Third Division, the fourth tier of Norwegian football.