Allsvenskan (hockey)
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HockeyAllsvenskan, before the 2005–06 season called Allsvenskan and SuperAllsvenskan, is the name of the second highest-level Swedish
ice hockey
league (after Elitserien
). Since the 2009–10 season, it consists of fourteen teams.
.
The second highest-level league had been called Division 2 since 1941–42, and was divided into eight groups from 1957–58 on. The winners of these groups played in two qualification leagues, a northern and a southern one, from which two teams each were promoted. In the 1974–75 season the grouping was changed to have six groups. Each qualification league contained the winners of three groups and one each of the teams on places nine and ten in the sixteen-team league Allsvenskan.
When Elitserien started in 1975–76 as the top level with ten teams, the new second highest-level league was called Division 1
, in four groups. After a couple of years, it was settled into ten teams each in these. Until the 1981–82 season the Division 1 leagues were played over the entire season and followed by play-offs and Kvalserien
, the qualification league for the Elitserien.
In 1982–83, however, the name Allsvenskan came back, for a league starting after the Christmas and New Year's break of the season. The top two teams of each Division 1 league were promoted to the new Allsvenskan. The top two teams in the Allsvenska played a best of five final for promotion to Elitserien. The teams 3–6 in the Allsvenska continued with play-offs and possibly Kvalserien for the second open spot in the Elitserien.
For the 1987–88 season the Elitserien was expanded from ten to twelve teams, and now also the two last teams in Elitserien by the end of the year were moved down for play in the Allsvenskan together with the top eight Division 1 teams. Still with a best of five final between the top two teams, and play-offs for teams 3–8.
From the 1996–97 season, the Elitserien changed and played with all twelve teams for the entire season. The Allsvenskan changed back to the eight top teams from Division 1 only. The best of five final was also abandoned. From here on, the top two teams were promoted directly to Kvalserien, while the teams finishing 3-6 played play-offs for two more spots in Kvalserien.
In the 1999–2000 season, Allsvenskan Norra (north) and Södra (south) was inaugurated as a completely new second-level league, consisting of twelve teams each. The top four teams from each of them were promoted for the later half of the season to the same kind of league as recent years Allsvenska, but the name of that league was changed to SuperAllsvenskan.
For the 2005–06 season the number of teams was decreased from 2x12 to 16, and the present HockeyAllsvenskan was born.
where all teams play each other four times during one season.
After the regular season, four teams from the league play along with the two last placed teams from Elitserien
in a series called Kvalserien
, where the two winning teams are promoted to Elitserien for the next season, while the bottom four teams are relegated to HockeyAllsvenskan.
The finishing top three teams of the league advance to this Kvalserien directly, and the teams ranked 4 through 7 battle for the fourth spot. Up until season 2009-10
they have met in two play off rounds, but from the 2010-11 season they will play a pre-qualification round robin league in six rounds, facing at home and away.
The two last placed teams from HockeyAllsvenskan have to play in the Kvalserien qualification
against four Division 1
(tier III) teams to avoid relegation.
For the 2009–10 season, the number of teams in the league was decreased from sixteen to fourteen. In the 2008–09 season the last placed team was directly relegated, and the teams ranked fourteen and fifteen played in the qualification league, from which only the best team was qualified for the next HockeyAllsvenskan season.
The 2010–11 HockeyAllsvenskan season was the first HockeyAllsvenskan season without any team from the Stockholm
area.
, Viasat Hockey
has taken over the television broadcasts from TV4 Sport
. Some games are also broadcasted on the Viasat
TV10
channel. s24.se airs games online on streaming Internet TV
.
and Skellefteå AIK
were promoted to play in Elitserien for the 2006–07 season. Leksands IF
and Södertälje SK
were both relegated from Elitserien.
IFK Arboga
and Hammarby IF
had to play the relegation rounds but managed to keep their spots in the league, coming in second respectively third after Huddinge IK
, who had been relegated one year previously, but made it back after one year in Division 1.
This season Huddinge IK and IFK Arboga had to play in the qualification series to stay in the league, but Arboga decided not to play because of their bad economic state of affairs. This meant that Arboga joined Division 1
in the 2007–08 season. Huddinge won the qualification series and thus continued to play in HockeyAllsvenskan for yet another season, while Borås
finished second and advanced to HockeyAllsvenskan.
advanced to Elitserien at the cost of Mora
who finished fourth and went on to play in HockeyAllsvenskan for another season.
Huddinge and Hammarby finished last in the league this year and had to play in the qualification series to stay up. Hammarby, however, decided not to play because of economic issues (the team later went bankrupt
). Huddinge did not survive the qualification group which was won by the following season's newcomers IF Troja/Ljungby
and Mariestad BoIS HC
. However, in the summer, Nyköpings Hockey
was relegated to Division 1, not meeting the financial demands for being approved to play in the HockeyAllsvenskan, and Huddinge was promoted to fill in that spot.
decided to decrease the number of teams to fourteen, starting from the 2009–10 season.
In Kvalserien
, none of the four top teams from HockeyAllsvenskan succeeded in qualifying for the highest division this year. Instead, the two Elitserien teams Södertälje and Rögle managed to keep their spots.
Because of the decreased number of teams for the next season, the last placed team, Mariestad, was directly relegated to the lower division instead of joining the teams placed 14th and 15th who had to play the qualification group against four teams from Division 1. With just one team qualifying for HockeyAllsvenskan this season, neither Nybro Vikings IF
(third) nor Huddinge IK (fourth) succeeded in staying in the second division. Instead, Örebro HK
took the available place in HockeyAllsvenskan for the 2009–10 season.
, AIK IF
managed to promote to Elitserien
at the expense of Rögle.
Sundsvall
and Oskarshamn
ended up at the bottom of the league table and had to play a qualification series to requalify for HockeyAllsvenskan. There Tingsryd came in second after Oskarshamn
, earning promotion at the expense of Sundsvall. However, in June the Swedish Ice Hockey Association
(SIHA) decided not to grant Björklöven
elite license for the upcoming season due to financiary concerns and thus Björklöven were relegated to Division 1 and Sundsvall was offered a spot in HockeyAllsvenskan next season.
, Växjö
managed to promote to Elitserien at the expense of Södertälje.
The qualification system for the teams 4–7 to qualify for Kvalserien was changed this season. Instead of a kind-of-playoff series, a "pre-qualification" system was used. The 4th ranked team from HockeyAllsvenskan started with 4 points, the 5th ranked team with 3 points, the 6th ranked team with 2 points, and the 7th ranked team with 1 point. The teams met each other two times, giving a total of 6 rounds. The 7th ranked team, which was Mora, won the pre-qualification and thus reached the Kvalserien.
Troja/Ljungby
and Tingsryd
ended at 13th and 14th place respectively and thus were forced to play in the Kvalserien for HockeyAllsvenskan. Troja/Ljungby and Tingsryd ended 1st and 2nd respectively in the Kvalserien and thus stayed in HockeyAllsvenskan for the 2011–12 season. This also meant that no team from Division 1
qualified for HockeyAllsvenskan this season.
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....
ice hockey
Ice hockey
Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...
league (after Elitserien
Elitserien
Elitserien, is a professional ice hockey league composed of twelve teams in Sweden...
). Since the 2009–10 season, it consists of fourteen teams.
Previous leagues called Allsvenskan
During seasons 1948–49 through 1974–75 Allsvenskan was the semi-official name of the first-level league, the official name being Division 1 norra (north) and södra (south), comprising six teams each until 1955–56 and eight teams each from 1956–57 to 1973–74. In 1974–75 it was played as one Division 1 league with sixteen teams, leading up to the start in 1975–76 season of the present ElitserienElitserien
Elitserien, is a professional ice hockey league composed of twelve teams in Sweden...
.
The second highest-level league had been called Division 2 since 1941–42, and was divided into eight groups from 1957–58 on. The winners of these groups played in two qualification leagues, a northern and a southern one, from which two teams each were promoted. In the 1974–75 season the grouping was changed to have six groups. Each qualification league contained the winners of three groups and one each of the teams on places nine and ten in the sixteen-team league Allsvenskan.
When Elitserien started in 1975–76 as the top level with ten teams, the new second highest-level league was called Division 1
Swedish Division 1 (ice hockey)
The Swedish Division 1 is the third highest-level ice hockey league in Sweden, consisting of 57 teams. The top teams of the league earn the right to take part in the Kvalserien qualification, where the two top teams are promoted to the HockeyAllsvenskan...
, in four groups. After a couple of years, it was settled into ten teams each in these. Until the 1981–82 season the Division 1 leagues were played over the entire season and followed by play-offs and Kvalserien
Kvalserien
Kvalserien, also known as Kvalserien till Elitserien, is the name of the Swedish round-robin ice hockey tournament to qualify for play in the next season of Elitserien, Sweden's top-level ice hockey league for men.-Teams:...
, the qualification league for the Elitserien.
In 1982–83, however, the name Allsvenskan came back, for a league starting after the Christmas and New Year's break of the season. The top two teams of each Division 1 league were promoted to the new Allsvenskan. The top two teams in the Allsvenska played a best of five final for promotion to Elitserien. The teams 3–6 in the Allsvenska continued with play-offs and possibly Kvalserien for the second open spot in the Elitserien.
For the 1987–88 season the Elitserien was expanded from ten to twelve teams, and now also the two last teams in Elitserien by the end of the year were moved down for play in the Allsvenskan together with the top eight Division 1 teams. Still with a best of five final between the top two teams, and play-offs for teams 3–8.
From the 1996–97 season, the Elitserien changed and played with all twelve teams for the entire season. The Allsvenskan changed back to the eight top teams from Division 1 only. The best of five final was also abandoned. From here on, the top two teams were promoted directly to Kvalserien, while the teams finishing 3-6 played play-offs for two more spots in Kvalserien.
In the 1999–2000 season, Allsvenskan Norra (north) and Södra (south) was inaugurated as a completely new second-level league, consisting of twelve teams each. The top four teams from each of them were promoted for the later half of the season to the same kind of league as recent years Allsvenska, but the name of that league was changed to SuperAllsvenskan.
For the 2005–06 season the number of teams was decreased from 2x12 to 16, and the present HockeyAllsvenskan was born.
Present HockeyAllsvenskan
The league is played as a round-robin tournamentRound-robin tournament
A round-robin tournament is a competition "in which each contestant meets all other contestants in turn".-Terminology:...
where all teams play each other four times during one season.
After the regular season, four teams from the league play along with the two last placed teams from Elitserien
Elitserien
Elitserien, is a professional ice hockey league composed of twelve teams in Sweden...
in a series called Kvalserien
Kvalserien
Kvalserien, also known as Kvalserien till Elitserien, is the name of the Swedish round-robin ice hockey tournament to qualify for play in the next season of Elitserien, Sweden's top-level ice hockey league for men.-Teams:...
, where the two winning teams are promoted to Elitserien for the next season, while the bottom four teams are relegated to HockeyAllsvenskan.
The finishing top three teams of the league advance to this Kvalserien directly, and the teams ranked 4 through 7 battle for the fourth spot. Up until season 2009-10
2009–10 HockeyAllsvenskan season
The 2009–10 HockeyAllsvenskan season was the 28th season of HockeyAllsvenskan, the second highest ice hockey league for men in Sweden.-Standings:...
they have met in two play off rounds, but from the 2010-11 season they will play a pre-qualification round robin league in six rounds, facing at home and away.
The two last placed teams from HockeyAllsvenskan have to play in the Kvalserien qualification
Kvalserien (HockeyAllsvenskan)
Kvalserien, also known as Kvalserien till HockeyAllsvenskan, is the name of the Swedish round-robin ice hockey tournament to qualify for play in the next season of HockeyAllsvenskan, Sweden's second highest ice hockey league for men.-Teams:...
against four Division 1
Swedish Division 1 (ice hockey)
The Swedish Division 1 is the third highest-level ice hockey league in Sweden, consisting of 57 teams. The top teams of the league earn the right to take part in the Kvalserien qualification, where the two top teams are promoted to the HockeyAllsvenskan...
(tier III) teams to avoid relegation.
For the 2009–10 season, the number of teams in the league was decreased from sixteen to fourteen. In the 2008–09 season the last placed team was directly relegated, and the teams ranked fourteen and fifteen played in the qualification league, from which only the best team was qualified for the next HockeyAllsvenskan season.
Participating teams in the 2011–12 season
| Team | City | Arena | Capacity |
|---|---|---|---|
| Almtuna IS Almtuna IS Almtuna IS is a Swedish ice hockey club based in Uppsala and is currently playing in HockeyAllsvenskan, the second highest league of ice hockey in Sweden. Almtuna IS fan club is called "Red Lions".... |
Uppsala Uppsala - Economy :Today Uppsala is well established in medical research and recognized for its leading position in biotechnology.*Abbott Medical Optics *GE Healthcare*Pfizer *Phadia, an offshoot of Pharmacia*Fresenius*Q-Med... |
Gränbyhallen Gränbyhallen Gränbyhallen is an indoor arena located in Uppsala, Sweden, and built in 1974. It consists of three arenas: "A-hallen", "B-hallen" and "C-hallen". A-hallen is the biggest part of the arena and has a capacity of 2,562 spectators and is where Almtuna IS and Uppsala HC play their home games. B-hallen... |
2,562 |
| Bofors IK Bofors IK Bofors IK is an ice-hockey club from Karlskoga in Sweden. They are currently playing in the second highest league in Sweden, HockeyAllsvenskan. In 1963, the club IFK Bofors was merged with Karlskoga IF and formed KB 63 , which since 1978 is known under the current name Bofors IK.-External links:*... |
Karlskoga Karlskoga Karlskoga is a locality and the seat of Karlskoga Municipality in Örebro County, Sweden with 27,500 inhabitants in 2005.-Geography:It is located at the northern shore of lake Möckeln, and the small settlement was initially called Möckelns bodar... |
Nobelhallen Nobelhallen Nobelhallen is an indoor arena in Karlskoga, Örebro län, Sweden. Its current capacity is 6,460 and it was built in 1971. It is the home arena of the Bofors IK ice hockey team.-External links:**... |
6,300 |
| Borås HC Borås HC Borås HC is a Swedish professional ice hockey club, based in Borås, playing in the Swedish second tier league HockeyAllsvenskan.-Notable players:*Nikolai Drozdetsky *Sergei Fokin *Stefan Persson... |
Borås Borås Borås is a locality and the seat of Borås Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden. It had 63,441 inhabitants in 2005.- Geography :Borås is located at the point of two crossing railways, among them the railway between Gothenburg and Kalmar, and is often considered the Swedish city gaining the... |
Borås Ishall Borås Ishall Borås Ishall is an indoor arena located in Borås, Sweden. It is Borås HC's current home arena and has a capacity of 3,700 spectators.- References :... |
3,860 |
| Leksands IF Leksands IF Leksands Idrottsförening is a Swedish ice hockey team from the town of Leksand in the region of Dalarna. The team is currently playing in the second highest league in Sweden, HockeyAllsvenskan. Leksand has played 53 seasons in the top Swedish league – between 1951 to 2001, 2002 to 2004, and 2005–06... |
Leksand Leksand Municipality Leksand Municipality is a municipality in Dalarna County in central Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Leksand.... |
Tegera Arena | 7,650 |
| Malmö Redhawks Malmö Redhawks The Malmö Redhawks is an ice hockey club from Malmö, Sweden. The team is currently playing in the second highest league in Sweden, HockeyAllsvenskan. Malmö has played 16 seasons in the top Swedish league Elitserien .-History:... |
Malmö Malmö Malmö , in the southernmost province of Scania, is the third most populous city in Sweden, after Stockholm and Gothenburg.Malmö is the seat of Malmö Municipality and the capital of Skåne County... |
Malmö Arena | 13,000 |
| Mora IK Mora IK Mora Ishockeyklubb is a Swedish professional ice hockey club from Mora, Sweden. They are currently playing in the second highest league in Sweden, HockeyAllsvenskan... |
Mora Mora -People:* Alberto J. Mora , General Counsel of the United States Navy * Alfonso Mora , Venezuelan former tennis player* Bruno Mora , Italian football player and coach* Cristian Mora , Ecuadorian football goalkeeper... |
FM Mattsson Arena FM Mattsson Arena FM Mattsson Arena is an indoor sporting arena located in Mora, Sweden. The capacity of the arena is 4,500 and it was built in 1967. It is the home arena of the Mora IK ice hockey team. Together with Ejendals Arena in Leksand, it hosted the 2007 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.-External... |
4,514 |
| IK Oskarshamn IK Oskarshamn IK Oskarshamn is an ice hockey club from Oskarshamn in Sweden. The team is currently playing in the second highest league in Sweden, HockeyAllsvenskan. Head coach is Fredrik Söderström.-History:... |
Oskarshamn Oskarshamn Oskarshamn is a coastal city and the seat of Oskarshamn Municipality, Kalmar County, Sweden with 17,258 inhabitants in 2010.-History:The location of Oskarshamn was known as Döderhultsvik since the Medieval age... |
Arena Oskarshamn Arena Oskarshamn Arena Oskarshamn is the home ice of Swedish ice-hockey team IK Oskarshamn, located in the south-east of Sweden. The arena was completely rebuilt and renovated in 2004-2005 and has a capacity of 3 424 people.... |
3,346 |
| Rögle BK Rögle BK Rögle Bandyklubb is a Swedish professional ice hockey club. They currently play in HockeyAllsvenskan, the second highest league in Sweden. The team has previously played four seasons in Elitserien between 1992–93 and 1995–96 and between 2008–09 and 2009–10.... |
Ängelholm Ängelholm Ängelholm is a locality and the seat of Ängelholm Municipality in Skåne County, Sweden with 22,532 inhabitants in 2005.It is known for its clay cuckoos — a special kind of ocarina. This is however a dying tradition as there is now only one producer of clay cuckoos, Sofia Nilsson.Tourism is an... |
Lindab Arena Lindab Arena Lindab Arena, is an indoor arena in Ängelholm, Sweden. It replaced the former arena in October 2008 and the capacity is 5,150. It is the home for the Rögle BK ice hockey team.-History:... |
5,150 |
| Sundsvall Hockey IF Sundsvall Hockey IF Sundsvall Hockey is an ice-hockey club from Sundsvall in Sweden. The team is currently playing in the second highest league in Sweden, HockeyAllsvenskan.... |
Sundsvall Sundsvall -External links:* - Official site from Nordisk Familjebok - Sundsvalls tourist information bureau. - The alternative guide to Sundsvall. - Blog with photos from Sundsvall.... |
Gärdehov Gärdehov Gärdehov is an indoor arena located in Sundsvall, Sweden, and built in 1996. The ice hockey arena has a capacity of 2,500 spectators since the renovation of the arena in summer 2009, and is IF Sundsvall Hockey's home arena.... |
2,500 |
| Södertälje SK Södertälje SK Södertälje Sportklubb is a Swedish professional ice hockey club playing in HockeyAllsvenskan. Södertälje were charter members of Elitserien when the league was founded in 1975 and have since played 24 seasons in the league... |
Södertälje Södertälje Södertälje is a city and the seat of Södertälje Municipality, Stockholm County, Sweden with 86,069 inhabitants in 2010.The industrial city, about south of Stockholm, is the home to truck maker Scania AB and a top 10 pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca.... |
AXA Sports Center | 6,130 |
| Tingsryds AIF Tingsryds AIF Tingsryds AIF, also known as just Tingsryd or TAIF, is an ice hockey club based in Tingsryd, Sweden. The club was founded in 1923. Since the 2010–11 season, Tingsryd is playing in Sweden's second highest division, HockeyAllsvenskan. The club has been quite successful and played in Division I when... |
Tingsryd Tingsryd Tingsryd is a locality and the seat of Tingsryd Municipality, Kronoberg County, Sweden with 3,023 inhabitants in 2005.-Sister cities: Lindstrom - Minnesota, USA- References :... |
Nelson Garden Arena | 3,400 |
| Troja/Ljungby IF Troja/Ljungby IF Troja/Ljungby is an ice hockey club from Ljungby, Sweden. They are currently playing in the second highest league in Sweden, HockeyAllsvenskan.-External links:*... |
Ljungby Ljungby Ljungby may refer to:*Ljungby, city in Ljungby Municipality, Sweden*Ljungby Municipality, municipality in Kronoberg County, Sweden*Ljungby, Falkenberg, village and parish in Falkenberg Municipality, Sweden... |
Sunnerbohov Sunnerbohov Sunnerbohov is an indoor arena located in Ljungby, Sweden. It is IF Troja/Ljungby's home arena and has a capacity of 3,620 spectators. The current spectator record was set on January 21, 1997, when 4,050 spectators visited Sunnerbohov to see IF Troja/Ljungby meet Brynäs IF.... |
3,700 |
| Västerås HK VIK Västerås HK VIK Västerås HK is an ice hockey club from Västerås, Sweden. The team is currently playing in the second highest league in Sweden, HockeyAllsvenskan. Västerås IK has played 12 seasons in the top Swedish league Elitserien .-History:Västerås IK was founded in 1913 and started playing ice hockey in... |
Västerås Västerås Västerås is a city in central Sweden, located on the shore of Lake Mälaren in the province Västmanland, some 100 km west of Stockholm... |
ABB Arena ABB Arena ABB Arena is the common name of the two biggest indoor arenas in Västerås, Sweden. "ABB Arena Nord" is the renovated arena which was earlier called Rocklundahallen. "ABB Arena Syd" is the second arena and is a multi arena mainly used for bandy but also for concerts and exhibitions. ABB Arena Nord... |
5,800 |
| Örebro HK Örebro HK Örebro HK is a Swedish ice hockey club located in Örebro. The team is currently playing in HockeyAllsvenskan, the second highest ice hockey league in Sweden for men. The team's home arena is Behrn Arena.- History :... |
Örebro Örebro -Sites of interest:Örebro's old town Wadköping is located on the banks of Svartån . It contains many 18th and 19th century wooden houses, along with museums and exhibitions.... |
Behrn Arena Behrn Arena (ice hockey) Behrn Arena is an indoor ice hockey arena located in Örebro, Sweden. It is Örebro HK's home arena. The arena previously had a capacity of 4,400 spectators, but after a renovation that began in 2010 and finished in September 2011, this number increased to roughly 5,000. The finished renovation of... |
4,400 |
The 2010–11 HockeyAllsvenskan season was the first HockeyAllsvenskan season without any team from the Stockholm
Stockholm
Stockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area...
area.
Television
Since the 2009–10 season2009–10 HockeyAllsvenskan season
The 2009–10 HockeyAllsvenskan season was the 28th season of HockeyAllsvenskan, the second highest ice hockey league for men in Sweden.-Standings:...
, Viasat Hockey
Viasat Hockey
Viasat Hockey is a sports channel that is broadcasting from the United Kingdom, primarily targeting Sweden but also available in Finland and Norway . Broadcasting was commenced on September 1, 2009, at the start of the 2009 ice hockey season...
has taken over the television broadcasts from TV4 Sport
TV4 Sport
TV4 Sport is a Swedish sports television channel owned by television company TV4 AB, with the tabloid news paper Expressen owning a minor share.- History :The channel was originally owned by Expressen who launched the channel on 17 March 2005...
. Some games are also broadcasted on the Viasat
Viasat
Viasat is a DBS distributor and TV broadcaster, owned by the Swedish media conglomerate Modern Times Group. Broadcasting from London, the target markets are in the Nordic and the Baltic Countries...
TV10
TV10
TV10 was the first Dutch commercial TV channel to be aired in the Netherlands from October 1989. The TV Station was a cooperation between Peter Jelgersma and Joop van den Ende. The Dutch government was, at the time, against commercial television and prohibited it from broadcasting....
channel. s24.se airs games online on streaming Internet TV
Internet television
Internet television is the digital distribution of television content via the Internet...
.
2005–06 season
Halmstad played in HockeyAllsvenskan this season, but due to the club's bankruptcy the team was disqualified. In Kvalserien, Malmö RedhawksMalmö Redhawks
The Malmö Redhawks is an ice hockey club from Malmö, Sweden. The team is currently playing in the second highest league in Sweden, HockeyAllsvenskan. Malmö has played 16 seasons in the top Swedish league Elitserien .-History:...
and Skellefteå AIK
Skellefteå AIK
Skellefteå AIK Hockey is a Swedish professional ice hockey club from Skellefteå, playing in the Swedish elite league Elitserien.- History :...
were promoted to play in Elitserien for the 2006–07 season. Leksands IF
Leksands IF
Leksands Idrottsförening is a Swedish ice hockey team from the town of Leksand in the region of Dalarna. The team is currently playing in the second highest league in Sweden, HockeyAllsvenskan. Leksand has played 53 seasons in the top Swedish league – between 1951 to 2001, 2002 to 2004, and 2005–06...
and Södertälje SK
Södertälje SK
Södertälje Sportklubb is a Swedish professional ice hockey club playing in HockeyAllsvenskan. Södertälje were charter members of Elitserien when the league was founded in 1975 and have since played 24 seasons in the league...
were both relegated from Elitserien.
IFK Arboga
IFK Arboga IK
IFK Arboga IK is an ice-hockey club from Arboga in Sweden. The team is currently playing in the third league level in Sweden, Division 1....
and Hammarby IF
Hammarby IF Hockey
Hammarby IF Hockey was a professional ice hockey team from Stockholm, Sweden, and played at Hovet arena. The ice hockey association of Hammarby was founded in 1920...
had to play the relegation rounds but managed to keep their spots in the league, coming in second respectively third after Huddinge IK
Huddinge IK
Huddinge IK is a Swedish ice hockey team from Huddinge, a southern suburb of Stockholm. The team is currently playing in the third highest league in Sweden, Division 1...
, who had been relegated one year previously, but made it back after one year in Division 1.
2006–07 season
In the qualification rounds for Elitserien, Södertälje advanced to Elitserien while Malmö only finished third and remained in HockeyAllsvenskan.This season Huddinge IK and IFK Arboga had to play in the qualification series to stay in the league, but Arboga decided not to play because of their bad economic state of affairs. This meant that Arboga joined Division 1
Swedish Division 1 (ice hockey)
The Swedish Division 1 is the third highest-level ice hockey league in Sweden, consisting of 57 teams. The top teams of the league earn the right to take part in the Kvalserien qualification, where the two top teams are promoted to the HockeyAllsvenskan...
in the 2007–08 season. Huddinge won the qualification series and thus continued to play in HockeyAllsvenskan for yet another season, while Borås
Borås HC
Borås HC is a Swedish professional ice hockey club, based in Borås, playing in the Swedish second tier league HockeyAllsvenskan.-Notable players:*Nikolai Drozdetsky *Sergei Fokin *Stefan Persson...
finished second and advanced to HockeyAllsvenskan.
2007–08 season
In a closely played qualification battle for Elitserien, RögleRögle BK
Rögle Bandyklubb is a Swedish professional ice hockey club. They currently play in HockeyAllsvenskan, the second highest league in Sweden. The team has previously played four seasons in Elitserien between 1992–93 and 1995–96 and between 2008–09 and 2009–10....
advanced to Elitserien at the cost of Mora
Mora IK
Mora Ishockeyklubb is a Swedish professional ice hockey club from Mora, Sweden. They are currently playing in the second highest league in Sweden, HockeyAllsvenskan...
who finished fourth and went on to play in HockeyAllsvenskan for another season.
Huddinge and Hammarby finished last in the league this year and had to play in the qualification series to stay up. Hammarby, however, decided not to play because of economic issues (the team later went bankrupt
Bankruptcy
Bankruptcy is a legal status of an insolvent person or an organisation, that is, one that cannot repay the debts owed to creditors. In most jurisdictions bankruptcy is imposed by a court order, often initiated by the debtor....
). Huddinge did not survive the qualification group which was won by the following season's newcomers IF Troja/Ljungby
IF Troja/Ljungby
IF Troja/Ljungby is an ice hockey club from Ljungby, Sweden. They are currently playing in the second highest league in Sweden, HockeyAllsvenskan.-External links:*...
and Mariestad BoIS HC
Mariestad BoIS HC
Mariestad BoIS HC is an ice hockey club from Mariestad, Sweden. They are currently playing in the third highest league in Sweden, Division 1.-External links:*...
. However, in the summer, Nyköpings Hockey
Nyköpings Hockey
Nyköpings Hockey is an ice-hockey club from Nyköping in Sweden. It was founded in 1990, then called IK Nyköping Hockey 90 or NH90, as a merger of the ice hockey section of Nyköpings BIS and Nyköpings HL Nyköpings Hockey is an ice-hockey club from Nyköping in Sweden. It was founded in 1990, then...
was relegated to Division 1, not meeting the financial demands for being approved to play in the HockeyAllsvenskan, and Huddinge was promoted to fill in that spot.
2008–09 season
The 2008–09 season became the last season with sixteen teams in HockeyAllsvenskan. On May 30, 2008 ,the board of the SIHASwedish Ice Hockey Association
The Swedish Ice Hockey Association or Svenska Ishockeyförbundet in Swedish, is an association of Swedish sports clubs with ice hockey activities....
decided to decrease the number of teams to fourteen, starting from the 2009–10 season.
In Kvalserien
2009 Kvalserien
The 2009 Kvalserien was the 35th Kvalserien qualification for Elitserien, played between March 13 and April 9, 2009.The 2009 Kvalserien included six teams. In this year's Kvalserien, Södertälje and Rögle, who both came from Elitserien, qualified for the 2009–10 Elitserien season...
, none of the four top teams from HockeyAllsvenskan succeeded in qualifying for the highest division this year. Instead, the two Elitserien teams Södertälje and Rögle managed to keep their spots.
Because of the decreased number of teams for the next season, the last placed team, Mariestad, was directly relegated to the lower division instead of joining the teams placed 14th and 15th who had to play the qualification group against four teams from Division 1. With just one team qualifying for HockeyAllsvenskan this season, neither Nybro Vikings IF
Nybro Vikings IF
Nybro Vikings IF is an ice-hockey club from Nybro in Sweden. The team was playing in the second highest league in Sweden, HockeyAllsvenskan, for seven years from 2002 to 2009...
(third) nor Huddinge IK (fourth) succeeded in staying in the second division. Instead, Örebro HK
Örebro HK
Örebro HK is a Swedish ice hockey club located in Örebro. The team is currently playing in HockeyAllsvenskan, the second highest ice hockey league in Sweden for men. The team's home arena is Behrn Arena.- History :...
took the available place in HockeyAllsvenskan for the 2009–10 season.
2009–10 season
In Kvalserien2010 Kvalserien
The 2010 Kvalserien was the 36th Kvalserien, played between 21 March and 11 April 2010. Södertälje and AIK, who finished 1st and 2nd respectively, qualified for the 2010–11 Elitserien season. Rögle were relegated to HockeyAllsvenskan....
, AIK IF
AIK IF
Allmänna Idrottsklubben Ishockeyförening is the ice hockey section of the sports club Allmänna Idrottsklubben based in Stockholm, Sweden...
managed to promote to Elitserien
Elitserien
Elitserien, is a professional ice hockey league composed of twelve teams in Sweden...
at the expense of Rögle.
Sundsvall
IF Sundsvall Hockey
IF Sundsvall Hockey is an ice-hockey club from Sundsvall in Sweden. The team is currently playing in the second highest league in Sweden, HockeyAllsvenskan....
and Oskarshamn
IK Oskarshamn
IK Oskarshamn is an ice hockey club from Oskarshamn in Sweden. The team is currently playing in the second highest league in Sweden, HockeyAllsvenskan. Head coach is Fredrik Söderström.-History:...
ended up at the bottom of the league table and had to play a qualification series to requalify for HockeyAllsvenskan. There Tingsryd came in second after Oskarshamn
IK Oskarshamn
IK Oskarshamn is an ice hockey club from Oskarshamn in Sweden. The team is currently playing in the second highest league in Sweden, HockeyAllsvenskan. Head coach is Fredrik Söderström.-History:...
, earning promotion at the expense of Sundsvall. However, in June the Swedish Ice Hockey Association
Swedish Ice Hockey Association
The Swedish Ice Hockey Association or Svenska Ishockeyförbundet in Swedish, is an association of Swedish sports clubs with ice hockey activities....
(SIHA) decided not to grant Björklöven
IF Björklöven
IF Björklöven is a Swedish professional ice hockey club in Umeå, Västerbotten, in northern Sweden...
elite license for the upcoming season due to financiary concerns and thus Björklöven were relegated to Division 1 and Sundsvall was offered a spot in HockeyAllsvenskan next season.
2010–11 season
In Kvalserien2011 Kvalserien
The 2011 Kvalserien was the 37th Kvalserien, played between 14 March and 8 April 2011. Växjö Lakers Hockey and Modo Hockey, who finished 1st and 2nd respectively, qualified for the 2011–12 Elitserien season. Södertälje SK were relegated to HockeyAllsvenskan....
, Växjö
Växjö Lakers Hockey
Växjö Lakers Hockey is an ice hockey club from Växjö in Sweden. They play their home games in the Vida Arena. The club makes their debut in the Elitserien , Sweden's top ice hockey league, in the 2011–12 season...
managed to promote to Elitserien at the expense of Södertälje.
The qualification system for the teams 4–7 to qualify for Kvalserien was changed this season. Instead of a kind-of-playoff series, a "pre-qualification" system was used. The 4th ranked team from HockeyAllsvenskan started with 4 points, the 5th ranked team with 3 points, the 6th ranked team with 2 points, and the 7th ranked team with 1 point. The teams met each other two times, giving a total of 6 rounds. The 7th ranked team, which was Mora, won the pre-qualification and thus reached the Kvalserien.
Troja/Ljungby
IF Troja/Ljungby
IF Troja/Ljungby is an ice hockey club from Ljungby, Sweden. They are currently playing in the second highest league in Sweden, HockeyAllsvenskan.-External links:*...
and Tingsryd
Tingsryds AIF
Tingsryds AIF, also known as just Tingsryd or TAIF, is an ice hockey club based in Tingsryd, Sweden. The club was founded in 1923. Since the 2010–11 season, Tingsryd is playing in Sweden's second highest division, HockeyAllsvenskan. The club has been quite successful and played in Division I when...
ended at 13th and 14th place respectively and thus were forced to play in the Kvalserien for HockeyAllsvenskan. Troja/Ljungby and Tingsryd ended 1st and 2nd respectively in the Kvalserien and thus stayed in HockeyAllsvenskan for the 2011–12 season. This also meant that no team from Division 1
Swedish Division 1 (ice hockey)
The Swedish Division 1 is the third highest-level ice hockey league in Sweden, consisting of 57 teams. The top teams of the league earn the right to take part in the Kvalserien qualification, where the two top teams are promoted to the HockeyAllsvenskan...
qualified for HockeyAllsvenskan this season.