HockeyAllsvenskan
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| HockeyAllsvenskan | |
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| Sport | Ice hockey |
| Founded | 2005 |
| No. of teams | 16 |
| Country(ies) |  Sweden |
| Most recent champion(s) |
Leksands IF |
| Official website | HockeyAllsvenskan.se |
HockeyAllsvenskan, prior to the 2005–06 season called Allsvenskan, is the name of the second highest-level Swedish ice hockey league (after Elitserien), which consists of 16 teams.
The league is played as a round-robin tournament where all teams play each other three 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 next the season, while the bottom four teams are relegated to HockeyAllsvenskan.
The finishing top three teams of the league advance to this Kvalserien directly, the teams ranked 4 through 7 meet in two play off rounds for the fourth spot.
The two last placed teams from HockeyAllsvenskan have to play against four Division 1 (tier III) teams to avoid relegation.
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[edit] Participating teams 2008–09
- AIK
- Almtuna IS
- IF Björklöven
- Bofors IK
- Borås HC
- Leksands IF
- IF Malmö Redhawks
- Mariestad BoIS HC
- Mora IK
- Nybro Vikings IF
- Nyköpings Hockey
- IK Oskarshamn
- IF Sundsvall Hockey
- IF Troja/Ljungby
- VIK Västerås HK
- Växjö Lakers HC
[edit] Previous seasons
[edit] 2005–06 season
Halmstad Hammers played in HockeyAllsvenskan this season, but due to the club's bankruptcy the team was disqualified. During Kvalserien IF Malmö Redhawks and Skellefteå AIK were promoted to play in Elitserien for season 2006–07. Leksands IF and Södertälje SK were both relegated from Elitserien.
IFK Arboga IK and Hammarby IF had to play the relegation rounds and kept their spots in the league, coming in second and third after Huddinge IK, who had been relegated one year previously, but made it back after one year in Division 1.
[edit] 2006–07 season
This season Huddinge and Arboga had to play in the qualification series to stay in the league, but Arboga decided to not play because of their bad economic state of affairs, so they joined Division 1 in the 2007–08 season. Huddinge won the group and continued to play in HockeyAllsvenskan for yet another season, while Borås finished second and advanced to HockeyAllsvenskan.
In the qualification rounds for Elitserien, Södertälje advanced to Elitserien while Malmö only finished third and went to play in HockeyAllsvenskan the next season.
[edit] 2007–08 season
Huddinge and Hammarby finished last in league this year and had to play in the qualification series to stay up. Hammarby however decided to not play because of economic issues. Also, Huddinge did not survive the qualification group which was won by the following season's newcomers IF Troja/Ljungby and Mariestad BoIS HC.
In a closely played qualification battle for Elitserien, Rögle advanced to Elitserien at the cost of Mora who finished fourth and went to play in HockeyAllsvenskan next season.
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