Kvalserien

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Kvalserien
Sport	Ice hockey
Founded	1975
No. of teams	6
Country	Sweden
Current champions	IF Malmö Redhawks, Skellefteå AIK (both promoted to Elitserien)
Official website	Kvalserien @ HockeyAllsvenskan.se

Kvalserien, or formally Kvalserien till Elitserien,^[1] is the name of a Swedish round-robin ice hockey tournament to qualify for play in next season of Elitserien.

Contents 1 Teams 1.1 2006-07 season 2 Previous winners 2.1 Previous Kvalserien winner(s) 3 Previous seasons 3.1 2005-06 Season 4 References

[edit] Teams

Kvalserien is formed after the regular seasons of Elitserien and HockeyAllsvenskan are played. The two worst ranked teams in Elitserien and the best three teams in HockeyAllsvenskan form the league together with the winner of a two-round playoff tournament between the next four best teams (4th—7th) from HockeyAllsvenskan. The six teams play each other twice and the two teams finishing first and second are promoted to Elitserien next season. The remaining four are relegated to HockeyAllsvenskan.

[edit] 2006-07 season

Kvalserien of the 2006-07 season is being played from March 9 to April 1.^[1] Participating teams are Skellefteå AIK and Malmö Redhawks from Elitserien and Södertälje SK, Rögle BK, Leksands IF and IF Björklöven from HockeyAllsvenskan.^[1]

[edit] Previous winners

[edit] Previous Kvalserien winner(s)

1975 - Djurgårdens IF, Södertälje SK 1976 - IF Björklöven, Örebro IK 1977 - Djurgårdens IF, Timrå IK 1978 - Örebro IK, IF Björklöven 1979 - IF Björklöven, HV71 1980 - Skellefteå AIK, Södertälje SK 1981 - Leksands IF, Timrå IK 1982 - Hammarby IF, Djurgårdens IF 1983 - MoDo AIK 1984 - Hammarby IF 1985 - HV71

1986 - MoDo AIK 1987 - MoDo AIK, Väsby IK 1988 - IK VIK Hockey 1989 - Västra Frölunda HC 1990 - MoDo Hockey 1991 - Västra Frölunda HC 1992 - Leksands IF 1993 - IF Björklöven 1994 - AIK 1995 - Rögle BK 1996 - Brynäs IF

1997 - Södertälje SK, Västerås IK 1998 - AIK, IF Björklöven 1999 - Linköpings HC, Västerås IK 2000 - Timrå IK, IF Björklöven 2001 - Södertälje SK, Linköpings HC 2002 - Timrå IK, Leksands IF 2003 - Linköpings HC, Brynäs IF 2004 - MIF Redhawks, Mora IK 2005 - Leksands IF, Brynäs IF 2006 - IF Malmö Redhawks, Skellefteå AIK

[edit] Previous seasons

[edit] 2005-06 Season

During Kvalserien 2005-06 Malmö Redhawks and Skellefteå AIK won the league and qualified for play in Elitserien in the 2006-07 season. Södertälje SK and Leksands IF were relegated from Elitserien and spent the 2006-07 season in HockeyAllsvenskan.

[edit] References