Västanfors IF

{{Short description|Swedish sports club}}

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| city = Fagersta, Sweden

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Västanfors IF, nicknamed Västanfläkt ("the Western Wind"), is a sports club in Fagersta, Sweden, mainly concentrated on playing bandy, and soccer, earlier even floorball. The team colours are red and white. The club was founded in 1916.{{cite web|url=http://www.laget.se/VIFBANDY_|title=VIF Bandy|language=sv|publisher=Västanfors IF|access-date=14 April 2014}}

The club had played in the second level bandy league in Sweden, Allsvenskan since the start of the present Allsvenskan in 2007 but was relegated to Division 1 in 2012.{{cite web|url=http://www.jimbobandy.nu/|title=Jimmys bandysida|access-date=14 April 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140418114458/http://www.jimbobandy.nu/|archive-date=18 April 2014|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}

The club has played 32 seasons in the Swedish top division.{{cite web|url=http://www.svenskbandy.se/ImageVaultFiles/id_140119/cf_74/MARATONTABELL_TOM_2015.PDF|title=Maratontabell|publisher=Swedish Bandy Association|language=sv|access-date=22 February 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151117021822/http://www.svenskbandy.se/ImageVaultFiles/id_140119/cf_74/MARATONTABELL_TOM_2015.PDF|archive-date=17 November 2015|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}} and won the Swedish national championship in 1954.{{cite web|url=http://iof1.idrottonline.se/SvenskaBandyforbundet/Bandyfinalen/Historik/Svenskamastare/Herrar/|title=SM-finaler genom åren|publisher=Swedish Bandy Association|language=sv|access-date=14 April 2014}}

The club also played floorball during the 1980s. The women's team won the Swedish national championship in 1983 and 1985, and won a silver medal in 1984.{{cite web|url=http://www.innebandy.se/sv/StatistikHistorik/SM-medaljer-genom-tiderna/SM-seniorer/|title=SM, seniorer|publisher=Swedish Floorball Association|language=sv|access-date=23 February 2015}}