Volda TI
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| Full name | Volda Turn- og Idrottslag |
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| Founded | 1899 (football 1916) |
| Ground | Volda stadion |
| League | Third Division |
| 2011 | Third Division / 9, 9th |
Volda Turn- og Idrottslag is a Norwegian sports club from Volda, Møre og Romsdal. It currently has sections for association football and "general sports".
The club was founded as Voldens TF in 1899 as a gymnastics club. Other sports were added later; football in 1916. The name was changed to Volda TI in 1945. In 1998, the club was organized as an alliance sports team, which had two overarching legal entities: Football and general sports (Allidrett). It currently has sections for association football, alpine skiing, Nordic skiing, swimming, frisbee-golf and children's athletics. The handball branch of the club in 2007 split from the Alliance and formedthe Volda Handballclub.
The men's football team currently plays in the Third Division, the fourth tier of Norwegian football. It had a longer stint in the Norwegian Second Division before being relegated after the 1999 season. In 2003 they won their Third Division group, and in the two-leg playoff they beat Træff on penalties after 3–3 on aggregate It played in the 2004 Norwegian Second Division before being relegated again. After the 2005 season it contested another playoff to win re-promotion, but failed.
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