Riksserien is the elite league of women's ice hockey in Sweden. It was started in 2008, contains 8 teams and is organized by 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....

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The teams to finish first and second in Riksserien are automatically qualified for the semi finals while teams 3-6 are qualified for the quarter finals. In the quarter finals, team 3 gets to pick the opponent between the teams 5 and 6 while team 4 meets the team that was left. The quarter finals are played in best of three and the highest ranked team starts away and finishes with a home game.
In the semi finals the first ranked team chooses a opponent from the two winners of the quarter finals while the second ranked team plays the other winner of the quarter finals. Only one game is played in the semi finals.
The two teams that loose the semi finals play for the bronze while the semi final winners go to the one-game-final where a Swedish Champion is decided.

When a game is tied after 60 minutes, sudden death is played for maximum 10 minutes, in the playoffs for maximum 20 minutes.
Sudden death is played with one goalie and four players on the ice for each team.
If the game is still tied after overtime, the winner is decided by penalty shots. Three for each team to begin with and if still tied after three penaltie shots each, then the game is decided in penalty shot sudden death.

2010/2011

The regular season games started September 25, 2010 and the last (28th) round of games will be played March 6, 2011.

The quartier finals:

Date	Time	Game	Teams
Wednesday, March 16, 2011	7:00pm	QF 1:1	3rd ranked-chosen
Wednesday, March 16, 2011	7:00pm	QF 1:2	4th ranked-chosen
Saturday, March 19, 2011	3:00pm	QF 2:1	chosen-3rd ranked
Saturday, March 19, 2011	3:00pm	QF 2:2	chosen-4th ranked
Sunday, March 20, 2011	4:00pm	QF 3:1	chosen-3rd ranked
Sunday, March 20, 2011	4:00pm	QF 3:2	chosen-4th ranked

The semi finals and finals will be played at Himmelstalundshallen in Norrköping

Norrköping

Norrköping is a city in the province of Östergötland in eastern Sweden and the seat of Norrköping Municipality, Östergötland County. The city has a population of 87,247 inhabitants in 2010, out of a municipal total of 130,050, making it Sweden's tenth largest city and eighth largest...

Date	Time	Game	Teams
Saturday, March 26, 2011	12:00	Semi Final 1	chosen-1st ranked
Saturday, March 26, 2011	3:30pm	Semi Final 2	chosen-2nd ranked

Date	Time	Game	Teams
Sunday, March 27, 2011	3:30pm	Bronze game	Losing team of SF 1-Losing team of SF 2
Sunday, March 27, 2011	12.00	Finals	Winners of the Semi finals

The finals are aired on Sveriges television

Sveriges Television

Sveriges Television AB , Sweden's Television, is a national television broadcaster based in Sweden, funded by a compulsory fee to be paid by all television owners...

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