[1] In 1933–34, the club won an unofficial six-team league consisting of teams from the cities of Ystad and Kristianstad.

[2][3] In the same season, they made their debut in Svenska mästerskapet (SM), a tournament held to determine the Swedish Champions.

They defeated HK Drott in the semi-finals but lost against SoIK Hellas in the finals.

[5] In 1975–76, Ystads IF finished second in the league and won their first Swedish Championship, winning against IFK Malmö in the semi-finals and IK Heim in the finals.

[19] In 1991–92, Ystads IF won the regular season and also their second Swedish Championship, defeating Drott in the final series.

[20] In the following season they finished third in Elitserien, and their title defence ended in the semi-finals against IK Sävehof.

Since returning to the top division, Ystads IF have reached the semi-finals in 2007–08, 2009–10, 2011–12, 2014–15, 2015–16 and 2016–17, but lost each time.