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Allsvenskan (bandy)
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Allsvenskan is since the 2007–08 the second highest level of bandy in Sweden
and comprises 30 teams in three groups. Allsvenskan succeeded Allsvenskan and Elitserien
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. The ninth team plays a relegation play-off against teams from the Division 1
and the last team are relegated.
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
and comprises 30 teams in three groups. Allsvenskan succeeded Allsvenskan and Elitserien
Allsvenskan and Elitserien (bandy)
The Allsvenskan and Elitserien was earlier the highest level of bandy in Sweden contested annually between Swedish bandy clubs. The Allsvenskan was split into two regional divisions. The Allsvenskan Norra and the Allsvenskan Södra...
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Season structure
The 30 teams in the league are divided into three groups, set up by geographical belonging. The first two teams in each group qualifies for a play-off round robin tournament against the eleventh and twelfth team of ElitserienElitserien (bandy)
The Elitserien is since the 2007–08 season the highest bandy league in Sweden. It consist of 14 teams. The season ends with a final on Studenternas IP in Uppsala. From 2013 the final will be played in Swedbank Arena, Solna....
. The ninth team plays a relegation play-off against teams from the Division 1
Division 1 (bandy)
Division 1 is the third level in the league system of Swedish bandy and comprises 60 Swedish bandy teams in six groups. The level was founded in 1931 as Sweden's first level, and became the second from the 1981/1982 season and the third from the 2007/2008....
and the last team are relegated.
Current teams
- Ale/Surte BK
- BS BolticGötaBS BolticGötaBS BolticGöta, or for short "BG", is a bandy club in Karlstad, Sweden.The two major bandy clubs in Karlstad, IF Boltic and IF Karlstad-Göta, was merged in the year 2000 and founded Föreningen Bandysällskapet BolticGöta Karlstad, in a shorter form called BS BolticGöta....
- BK Derby
- Djurgårdens IFDjurgårdens IF BandyDjurgårdens IF Bandy is the bandy department of Swedish sports club Djurgårdens IF, located in Stockholm. The club has been in the championship finals seven times, and won two of them, in 1908 and 1912. The 1912 champions title was shared with IFK Uppsala since the weather was too warm for a...
- Finspångs AIK
- Frillesås BK
- GAISGAIS BandyGAIS Bandy is the Bandy section of sports club GAIS from Gothenburg and only started playing bandy in 2005. GAIS are already playing football in the highest national league in Sweden. GAIS play their home games at Heden in central Gothenburg. GAIS came close to winning their first tournament in...
- Gustavsbergs IF
- Helenelunds IK
- Haparanda Tornio BK
- Jönköping Bandy IF
- Kalix BF
- Karlsborgs BK
- Katrineholms SK
- IFK Kungälv
- Köpings IS
- Lidköpings AIK
- Ljusdals BKLjusdals BKLjusdals BK are a Swedish bandy club who will play in Division 1 in the 2007/08 season having finished bottom of the Allsvenskan. Ljusdal were founded in 1943 and play at Gamla Idrottspark.Ljusdal have a supporters group called the Lightnings...
- Målilla BK
- Nässjö IF
- Otterbäckens BK
- Skutskärs IF
- Slottsbrons IF
- SSK Sundsvall
- Söderfors GoIF
- Tjust Bandy
- UNIK BK
- Uppsala BoIS
- Västanfors IF
- Örebro SKÖrebro SK BandyÖrebro SK Bandy is the Bandy section of sports club Örebro SK, from Örebro, Sweden. Örebro were founded in 1908 and play their home games at Vinterstadion. The club play in the top level of Swedish bandy and are currently fighting to survive from relegation in the Superallsvenskan.-External...