Amo Handboll
Full nameAlstermo Idrottsförening Handboll
Short nameAIF
Founded1971
ArenaAmokabelhallen
Capacity700
Head coachBrian Ankersen
LeagueHandbollsligan
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Website
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Amo Handboll are a professional handball team based in Alstermo, Sweden. They are the handball department of the sports club Alstermo IF. The department was formed in 1971 with the help of Allan Myhrberg, Lars-Gunnar Serell, Lars Åberg, Reine Blad och Åke Erlandsson.[1]

Amo Handboll currently plays in Allsvenskan, the second highest-level Swedish team handball league (after Handbollsligan).[2] Amo Handboll's biggest merit so far is a playoff to Elitserien 2004.[3] After the 2016/2017 season, the handball division broke up with Alstermo IF, and changed name from Alstermo IF Handboll to Amo Handboll.[4]

Location of Amo Handboll
Alstermo
Alstermo
Location of Amo Handboll

Naming history

Name Period
Alstermo IF Handboll 1971-2017
Amo Handboll 2017–present

Footnotes

  1. "Alstermo IF Handboll – Historia". Archived from the original on 2010-08-12. Retrieved 2011-02-12.
  2. "Sveriges Handbollsförbund – Serier & Resultat Allsvenskan". Archived from the original on 2011-02-07. Retrieved 2011-02-12.
  3. "Semi Off Elitserien 2003/2004 Handboll everysport.com". Retrieved 2011-02-12.
  4. "Alstermo IF blir Amo Handboll". 24 March 2016.
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