Danmarks Ishockey Union

Danmarks Ishockey Union
Founded	1949
president	Henrik Bach Nielsen
societies	16
Members	4,405
Association headquarters	Fodboldens Hus in Brøndby
Official languages)	Danish
Homepage	www.ishockey.dk/

Danmarks Ishockey Union (DIU for short) is Denmark's national ice hockey federation based in Brøndby . It is the umbrella organization of 16 associations, in which on January 1, 2011 over 4,400 members were counted. The current president is Henrik Bach Nielsen.

history

Until it was founded on November 27, 1949, ice hockey was organized in a division of the Danish Ice Skating Union ( Dansk Skøjte Union ) . The new federation was immediately incorporated into the Danish Sports Federation and the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF). He is one of the IIHF full members.

In 2010 the two regional associations, the Jysk Ishockey Union ( Jutland ) from 1959 and the Sjællands Ishockey Union ( Zealand ) from 1962, were dissolved and their tasks were incorporated into the Danish Ice Hockey Federation.

See also : "History" in the article AL-Bank Ligaen

tasks

The association mainly takes care of the implementation of the games of the Danish national ice hockey team as well as the women's national team and the junior teams. In addition, the association organizes the game operations of the club teams, especially in the professional AL-Bank Ligaen .

See also

• List of sports associations in Denmark

Web links

• Official website (Danish)
• Denmark on the website of the IIHF (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Danmarks Ishockey Union: Medlemstal ( Memento of the original from October 21, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed on March 18, 2012 (Danish) 
2. ↑ ^{a b} Danmarks Ishockey Union: Danmarks Ishockey Unions historie ( Memento of the original of October 21, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed on March 18, 2012 (Danish) 

Coordinates: 55 ° 39 ′ 21.3 "  N , 12 ° 24 ′ 50.5"  E