ELV Tornado Niesky
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SV Eintracht Niesky (1947–1953) BSG unit Niesky (1953–1987) ELV Niesky (1994–2004) ELV Tornado Niesky (since 2004) |
| Location | Niesky |
| Club colors | Blue yellow |
| league | Regional League East |
| Venue | Niesky artificial ice stadium |
| capacity | 1,500 seats |
| Head coach | Jens Schwabe |
| Season 2018/19 | 3rd place, |
The ice skating club "Tornado" Niesky is an ice sports club from Niesky in Upper Lusatia with the sections ice hockey and curling .
Ice Hockey Section
history
| season | league | space |
|---|---|---|
| 1966/67 | Season 4 (East) Group B | 3rd of 3 teams |
| 1968/69 | Group 4 | 2nd of 3 teams |
| 1969/70 | 3rd of 3 teams |
In February 1947, the SV Eintracht Niesky team played their first friendly game. From 1966 the first team of the BSG unit took part in the GDR group league . In 1970 the group league was dissolved and from then on the BSG took part in the GDR best determination with both the men's and the junior teams.
In the seasons 1982/83, 1983/84, 1985/86, 1986/87 and 1987/88 the first team won the district championship, but failed every year in the qualification for the final round of the best determination. In the 1988/89 season, the team again won the district championship, but was withdrawn from the game during the subsequent qualification.
Foundation of the ELV Niesky
| season | league |
|---|---|
| 1997/98 | Landesliga Sachsen Staffel Ost |
| 1998/99 | Landesliga Sachsen Staffel Ost - champions |
| 1999/00 | Saxony League |
| 2000/01 | Saxony League |
| 2001/02 | Sachsenliga - waiver of promotion to the Regionalliga Ost |
| 2002/03 | Sachsenliga - champions, promotion to the Regionalliga Ost |
| 2003/04 | Regionalliga Ost / relegation round |
| 2004/05 | Regionalliga North-East Group East / Relegation Round East |
| 2005/06 | Saxony League |
| 2006/07 | Regionalliga Nord-Ost as a syndicate with ES Weißwasser |
| 2007/08 | Regionalliga North-East Group East |
| 2008/09 | Regional League East |
| 2009/10 | Regional League East |
| 2010/11 | Oberliga Ost |
| 2011/12 | Oberliga Ost |
| 2012/13 | Oberliga Ost |
| 2013/14 | Oberliga Ost |
| 2014/15 | Oberliga Ost - voluntary withdrawal |
| 2015/16 | Regionalliga Ost - champions |
| 2016/17 | Regionalliga Ost - champions |
| 2017/18 | Regionalliga Ost - champions |
| 2018/19 | Regional League East |
The ELV Niesky was founded on November 17th, 1994 in the tradition of the BSG unit Niesky with the two sections ice hockey and curling. On December 7, 1996, the ice hockey team played their first friendly against Česká Lípa . From the 1997/98 season this took part in the regular game operation of the Landesliga Sachsen. Between 1999 and 2003 she took part in the Sachsenliga , whose championship the ELV won in 2003 and was thus eligible for promotion to the regional league. With the start in the regional league, the nickname Tornado was chosen for the club's ice hockey teams.
The club's second team started playing amateur games in 2001 and won the Landskron Cup several times. The club's juniors have been taking part in the East German Championship since 2002.
In the major league (since 2010)
With the restructuring of the Oberliga and the dissolution of the Regionalliga Ost, ELV Niesky was included in the Oberliga Ost in 2010 .
In the 2011/12 season, the team Tornado Niesky belonged to the Oberliga Ost , while the Tornado Reserve took part in the Hobby League Landskronliga and the youth teams - partly as a syndicate with ES Weißwasser - participated in the East German Championship.
Ice stock sport section
In 2001/02 the ice stock athletes took part in the eliminations for the Bundesliga qualification. The women's team became Sachsenmeister on the summer track in 2002, while the men qualified for the German Cup in 2003 on the summer track.
The women's and men's teams both qualified for the Bundesliga East in 2003/04.
Ice rink
From November 1954 to 1959 , the venue was the Unity Stadium - Moryteich ice rink , and from 1960 the natural ice rink at Waldbad. At the end of the 1970s, an attempt to convert it into an artificial ice stadium failed due to financial problems. From 1989 to 1992 the stadium was closed. 1992–1994 the stadium was rebuilt as an open artificial ice stadium, which was reopened in 1994.
In October 2017, the construction of a roof and the conversion to the "Niesky Ice Stadium" was completed. The costs for the approximately 20-month construction project amounted to 6.8 million euros.
Web links
- Official website
- Current information at tornado-niesky.de
- ELV Niesky at hockeyarenas.net
