GAIS Bandy

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thumb|GAIS about to execute a corner '''GAIS Bandy''' is the bandy department of sports club GAIS from Gothenburg. In 1920, GAIS won the Gothenburg district championship,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://josephzohn.se/bandylexikon/bandylexikon_G.htm#gais_bandy|title=GAIS|publisher=BAOB Bandylexikon|author=Josephzohn|accessdate=15 May 2014|archive-date=12 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210112142646/http://josephzohn.se/bandylexikon/bandylexikon_G.htm#gais_bandy|url-status=dead}}</ref> but the club had not had an active bandy department for years when it took up playing bandy again in 2005.

GAIS play their home games at Heden in central Gothenburg. GAIS came close to winning their first tournament in 2006 when they lost 6–10 to IFK Kungälv in the final of the Kosa Cup. They hosted one match, Sweden–Russia, of the 2013 Bandy World Championship.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=sv&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.worldbandy.com%2Fwcs%2Ftemplate1.asp%3Fpid%3D15%26mid%3D79%26pageid%3D84%26t%3DArena%2520Heden |title=Google Translate |access-date=13 November 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170117031809/https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=sv&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.worldbandy.com%2Fwcs%2Ftemplate1.asp%3Fpid%3D15%26mid%3D79%26pageid%3D84%26t%3DArena%2520Heden |archive-date=17 January 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

GAIS played in Elitserien, the top-tier of Swedish bandy, for three seasons 2011–12, 2012–13, and 2013–14. The team was qualified for continued play in Elitserien for the 2014–15 season, but choose to withdraw due to problems with getting a good enough home-ice in Gothenburg. The club had hoped to get help from Gothenburg Municipality, but the city said no.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.idrottensaffarer.se/arena/2014/05/politikerna-knackte-elitklubben|title=Politikerna knäckte elitklubben|publisher=Idrottens Affärer|language=Swedish|date=6 May 2014|accessdate=8 May 2014}}</ref>

==See also== *:Category:GAIS Bandy players

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==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20050405010109/http://www.gaisbandy.se/ GAIS Bandy mot SM-guld 2007!] official club website

Category:GAIS Category:Sports clubs and teams in Gothenburg Category:Bandy clubs in Sweden Category:Bandy clubs established in 1894 Category:Bandy clubs established in 2005 Category:2005 establishments in Sweden Category:21st-century establishments in Västra Götaland County