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HaparandaTornio Bandy, in Swedish HaparandaTornio Bandyförening, in Finnish Haaparanta-Tornion Palloveikot, also called HT Bandy, is a Swedish-Finnish bandy club which operates teams in both the Swedish and the Finnish bandy leagues. The club is located to Haparanda in Sweden and Tornio in Finland, two towns on each side of the Swedish-Finnish border. It was founded in 2008 when the two clubs in the towns decided to merge formally, after having had a deep cooperation for many years.
HaparandaTornio played in Elitserien, the top-tier of Swedish bandy, in the 2009–10 and 2010–11 seasons, but has since been playing in the second level league, Allsvenskan, where the team also will be playing in the 2014–15 season. Tornion Palloveikot is still also playing in the Finnish top-tier Bandyliiga.