Örebro HK is a Swedish

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....

 ice hockey

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...

 club located in Örebro

Örebro

-Sites of interest:Örebro's old town Wadköping is located on the banks of Svartån . It contains many 18th and 19th century wooden houses, along with museums and exhibitions....

. The team is currently playing in HockeyAllsvenskan, the second highest ice hockey league in Sweden for men. The team's home arena is Behrn Arena

Behrn Arena (ice hockey)

Behrn Arena is an indoor ice hockey arena located in Örebro, Sweden. It is Örebro HK's home arena. The arena previously had a capacity of 4,400 spectators, but after a renovation that began in 2010 and finished in September 2011, this number increased to roughly 5,000. The finished renovation of...

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History

The club was formed in 1990, at that time with the name HC Örebro 90, and took over Örebro IK when that club went bankrupt

Bankruptcy

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 in 1999. While Örebro IK existed, HC Örebro 90's goal was to make sure that ice hockey players who didn't take place in Örebro IK still could play ice hockey in Örebro. The club changed its name to Örebro HK in 2005. The team became promoted to HockeyAllsvenskan in the 2000–01 season, but became relegated to Division 1

Swedish Division 1 (ice hockey)

The Swedish Division 1 is the third highest-level ice hockey league in Sweden, consisting of 57 teams. The top teams of the league earn the right to take part in the Kvalserien qualification, where the two top teams are promoted to the HockeyAllsvenskan...

 in the 2003–04 season. The team would spend 5 seasons in Division 1 after the relegation. The team reached the Kvalserien qualification for HockeyAllsvenskan in the 2008–09 season and successfully became promoted back to HockeyAllsvenskan that season, ending first in the Kvalserien qualification. The team ended tenth in the 2009–10 HockeyAllsvenskan season and thus missed the playoffs. However, they ended third in the 2010–11 HockeyAllsvenskan season and thus reached the 2011 Kvalserien

2011 Kvalserien

The 2011 Kvalserien was the 37th Kvalserien, played between 14 March and 8 April 2011. Växjö Lakers Hockey and Modo Hockey, who finished 1st and 2nd respectively, qualified for the 2011–12 Elitserien season. Södertälje SK were relegated to HockeyAllsvenskan....

 qualification for Elitserien

Elitserien

Elitserien, is a professional ice hockey league composed of twelve teams in Sweden...

. The team ended fifth in the qualification and thus failed to promote to Elitserien that year.

Collaboration with an Elitserien club

Since May 27, 2011, the club is collaborating with Färjestads BK

Färjestads BK

Färjestads Bollklubb is a Swedish professional ice hockey team based in Karlstad. Färjestad has had 18 Swedish Championship final appearances, winning nine times since Elitserien was started in 1975. The team plays in the highest Swedish league, and have done so since 1965...

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